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Is that statement just based on your general feeling or data? Because the data does not show that Western Europe is doing better in Covid deaths per capita than
by tuna-piano 6y ago
Is that statement just based on your general feeling or data? Because the data does not show that Western Europe is doing better in Covid deaths per capita than the US.
Top 10 countries in covid deaths per capita (as of today)... US is #8 and 5 of the top 7 are in Western Europe.
1. Belgium
2. UK
3. Peru
4. Spain
5. Italy
6. Sweden
7. Chile
8. USA
9. Brazil
10. France
Of course the pandemic isn't close to over, so this data will continue to change.
In addition, besides measurement differences, many other non-policy factors impact this scorecard. For example, age distribution of a country, population density, luck of when an outbreak started... impact a countries Covid deaths per capita... so I personally wouldn't start tallying a scorecard yet.
[1]https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deat...
- simonebrunozzi 6y agoFair point, but counter argument would be that US, Brazil, India, Russia and Mexico are poised to see many more deaths, while countries like Italy had an initial huge wave of deaths, but are now doing much better and do not expect significant deaths in the future.
- sulam 6y agoLeaving this here for both of you. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/05/899365887/charts-how-the-u-s-ranks-on-covid-19-deaths-per-capita-and-by-case-count https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/05/8993658...