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> less than half the deaths per capita There's so much luck involved in those figures at any given point, not to mention the influence of different definitions
by petertodd 6y ago
> less than half the deaths per capita
There's so much luck involved in those figures at any given point, not to mention the influence of different definitions and testing strategies, that I wouldn't make the claim that Canada is doing better or worse based on stats like that. Just look at the huge differences between different states (and in Canada's case, provinces).
After all, two months ago you might have said that Sweden did much worse than the EU. Yet at this moment, the EU average reported deaths-per-capita is just slightly below Sweden's, with many countries significantly above.
- titanomachy 6y agoYeah, Canada was looking really good compared to the US back in the summer... but recently things have kind of gone to shit for both countries and the outcomes are pretty indistinguishable now. I don't really know enough to comment on what changed, maybe random chance is a big factor like you say. The only good thing is that my family and friends in Canada have stopped making smug comments about the superiority of the country...