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Canada is probably the most apt comparison here. They have about 4x less coronavirus cases per capita [source](https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explo
by DeRock 6y ago
Canada is probably the most apt comparison here. They have about 4x less coronavirus cases per capita [source](https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-03-01..latest&country=USA~CAN®ion=World&casesMetric=true&interval=total&perCapita=true&smoothing=0&pickerMetric=total_cases&pickerSort=desc https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToS...)
IMO, a lot of this had to do with the federal response and cohesive messaging they provided. It wasn't perfect, but they at least took action with things like CERB payments, enforced travel quarantines, etc.
On the other hand, the US is way ahead on vaccinations (due to, I would guess, them being developed in country). It does seem like a very US outcome to solve problems with technology and private enterprise in the face of government ineptitude.
- alacombe 6y ago> Canada is probably the most apt comparison here. Oh come on... Canada is less populated than California with 25x more land...
- dlp211 6y agoYou'd have a point if people were evenly distributed. They aren't.
- zaptheimpaler 6y ago90% of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the US border. Most of Canada is very cold and uninhabited. So a straight up population density comparison doesn't make much sense. The meaningful measure is something like population density in inhabited areas, and that is pretty close to Euro/US density.
- alacombe 6y agoCanadian cities population density don't even register compared to US cities... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b... vs. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=205&S=3&RPP=50 https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hl...
- librexpr 6y agoComparing population densities does not seem to be very straightforward, since I'm finding contradictory information to your own. Your statcan link gives Toronto 945.4/km^2, but Wikipedia says 4334.4/km^2[0]. I'm more inclined to believe Wikipedia, since Toronto is supposed to be the 4th most populous city in North America. Wikipedia itself cites a different statcan link[1]. This would leave Toronto at #4 in your Wikipedia list if we only count the bold cities (non-bold cities are those that are part of the metropolitan area of another city). If we count by Metropolitan Area, it would be around #11 by my quick count. Otherwise it would be #74, but for comparison Boston is #51 and Chicago is #75, so I'd say it definitely registers. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto#cite_ref-13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto#cite_ref-13 [1] https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3520005&Geo2=PR&Data=Count&B1=All https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/pr...
- alacombe 6y ago> Wikipedia says 4334.4/km^2[0]. I'm more inclined to believe Wikipedia, since Toronto is supposed to be the 4th most populous city in North America. Wikipedia itself cites a different statcan link[1]. Wikipedia contradicts itself, as it puts Toronto as having 2,731,571 inhabitants, which would put it as second most populated city, right beside New York, cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b... for US numbers.