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Totals are misleading due to each countries varied handling of the initial pandemic. Our peers are not still struggling with this the way we continue to strugg
by slg 6y ago
Totals are misleading due to each countries varied handling of the initial pandemic. Our peers are not still struggling with this the way we continue to struggle. I did some quick math based off the numbers here as an example[1][2]. The UK has had 3.0 COVID-19 deaths over the last three days per million people. The US has had nearly four times that many deaths with 11.8 per million people in that same 3 day time frame.
[1] - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/
[2] - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
- refurb 6y agoSure, that might tell you how it’s going right now, but in the end you just care about the total impacted. And looking in the last 3 days is misleading since we know the pandemic hits in waves, at different times, across different countries.
- slg 6y ago>Sure, that might tell you how it’s going right now, but in the end you just care about the total impacted. The problem is we aren't at the end yet. Any time frame you use is therefore going to give you an incomplete picture. I used the last three days because it shows that the US is clearly in a worse current position. That means we will continue creeping up that initial per capita list you linked. Maybe the UK, Spain, France, or Italy experience a second wave at some point down the line, but at least they have gotten past the first wave that the US still hasn't been able to stop.
- refurb 6y agoGotcha. I agree we're not at the end (or even close) so it's premature to start naming winners and losers. Instead of saying "better" I should have said "has fewer per capita deaths so far".