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I find it fascinating how most comparisons of COVID-19 impact in USA vs Europe typically include only those European countries that have it worse. Here are the
by Viliam1234 6y ago
I find it fascinating how most comparisons of COVID-19 impact in USA vs Europe typically include only those European countries that have it worse.
Here are the countries that have worse outcomes: Spain, UK, Italy, France, Sweden, Ireland, Netherlands.
And here are the ones that have better outcomes: Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Estonia, Slovenia, Czechia, Poland, Croatia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Slovakia.
Next time you see a graph where USA is only compared to Italy, Spain, and UK, someone is trying to manipulate you. I assume that the excuse would be like "we only included the big countries that matter", but that wouldn't really explain forgetting Germany.
- glofish 6y agoI believe your list has many countries that will fare like Florida, having less industrialization and mobility the disease takes longer to ramp up. I have come to believe that the rate of the spread of the disease is a primarily a reflection of how people live rather than what measure they take - if a dozen people live in a house with one bathroom how are they going to isolate? Germanic countries like Sweden where a more pronounced distancing was the norm even before the pandemic fare much better. Google "waiting for bus sweden" to see what I mean. The behavior of Swedes used to be a meme.
- Viliam1234 6y agoThat certainly has an impact, but if you compare e.g. Sweden and Germany, Sweden has 3× more COVID-19 deaths per capita. So I suppose both the lifestyle and measures matter.