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Considering that the US is so corrupt, with non functioning government and/or health care systems, why are EU per capita death rates close to the American ones?

Considering that the US is so corrupt, with non functioning government and/or health care systems, why are EU per capita death rates close to the American ones? In the presumably more competent, wealthier, and more generous Western European nations, a majority of them have death rates which exceed the US. Why? Furthermore given the significantly greater number of cases shouldn't US death rates be significantly greater if it's healthcare system is non functional?

katbyte 6y ago
America is still in the top 10? And I think the big difference is all the other countries are well past the peak while America is accelerating into a second just as bad as the first?
- onepointsixC 6y ago
  Europe appears to be also accelerating into a second wave as well[1]. [1]: https://time.com/5876132/europe-coronavirus-second-wave/ https://time.com/5876132/europe-coronavirus-second-wave/
spiderfarmer 6y ago
Why compare EU countries to the US? Why not countries with states?
- onepointsixC 6y ago
  Okay, fine let's compare country to country: The UK, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, and Spain all have worse if not significantly worse mortality rates per capita [1]. Why have they performed worse than the "terribly corrupt" and nonfunctioning government and or healthcare system of the US? Furthermore France, while having a lower mortality rate, is still within 10% of America's. That a whole lot of Western Europe right there which doesn't anything to show for your implied superiority. That's not to say there aren't European countries which have done better, there are: Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, have thus far have significantly lower death rates per capita. How can you off handily suggest that the US is non functioning and broke while still beating countries which make up half of the EU, by population? [1]: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
  - spiderfarmer 6y ago
    Ask again in 3 months.

katbyte 6y ago

America is still in the top 10? And I think the big difference is all the other countries are well past the peak while America is accelerating into a second just as bad as the first?

onepointsixC 6y ago
Europe appears to be also accelerating into a second wave as well[1]. [1]: https://time.com/5876132/europe-coronavirus-second-wave/ https://time.com/5876132/europe-coronavirus-second-wave/

spiderfarmer 6y ago

Why compare EU countries to the US? Why not countries with states?

onepointsixC 6y ago
Okay, fine let's compare country to country: The UK, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, and Spain all have worse if not significantly worse mortality rates per capita [1]. Why have they performed worse than the "terribly corrupt" and nonfunctioning government and or healthcare system of the US? Furthermore France, while having a lower mortality rate, is still within 10% of America's. That a whole lot of Western Europe right there which doesn't anything to show for your implied superiority. That's not to say there aren't European countries which have done better, there are: Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, have thus far have significantly lower death rates per capita. How can you off handily suggest that the US is non functioning and broke while still beating countries which make up half of the EU, by population? [1]: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
- spiderfarmer 6y ago
  Ask again in 3 months.