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I mean I'm sorry but since you posted the graphs: For a country that is less than half the population, having essentially the same number of daily cases today

by zwaps 6y ago

I mean I'm sorry but since you posted the graphs: For a country that is less than half the population, having essentially the same number of daily cases today is perhaps not such a good thing. According to worldometer, Poland has twice as many active cases in total - not per person. Deaths are also comparable. That's now, but it's more than that: Up until now, Germany has both lower total cases and deaths (per person) than Poland. And this, despite having tested almost twice as many people (again, per million) than Poland. Further, Germany is arguably much more central in terms of international traffic in either direction. I fail to see how Poland is doing any better than Germany in its response. The data instead suggests that Germany, despite actually having a first wave in its books (thanks to early testing), is doing much better than Poland up until now. Who knows how that will change? But considering Germany's position vis-a-vis Poland in terms of travel, density of population and all that - given the data you provided - Germany is arguably more successful in combating covid by.. well honestly a lot.

rasz 6y ago
>Poland has twice as many active cases in total - not per person and 50% less critical ones, in a shitshow of a backward country with crumbling healthcare system. Dosnt exactly put Germany in a great light. >Deaths are also comparable. Today. Article is talking about outstanding early covid response. Look at March-May, Germany had 10x more deaths total, and still 5x more per person than Poland. So where did that "widespread recognition for its handling of the coronavirus" came from exactly?
kgabis 6y ago
Germany is doing much better than Poland if you look at excess mortality alone. It's largely due to the collapse of Polish healthcare system in October which a direct result of years of being underfunded (Germany has twice as many doctors per capita than Poland). However Germany did close too late in March and many deaths could've been avoided if this happened two weeks earlier. The initial response to pandemic was much better (i.e. faster) in Poland but unfortunately opening schools in September caused a huge spike in infections. Since then Poland is doing quite well and it's vaccinating people faster than Germany.

by zwaps 6y ago

rasz 6y ago

>Poland has twice as many active cases in total - not per person and 50% less critical ones, in a shitshow of a backward country with crumbling healthcare system. Dosnt exactly put Germany in a great light. >Deaths are also comparable. Today. Article is talking about outstanding early covid response. Look at March-May, Germany had 10x more deaths total, and still 5x more per person than Poland. So where did that "widespread recognition for its handling of the coronavirus" came from exactly?

kgabis 6y ago

Germany is doing much better than Poland if you look at excess mortality alone. It's largely due to the collapse of Polish healthcare system in October which a direct result of years of being underfunded (Germany has twice as many doctors per capita than Poland). However Germany did close too late in March and many deaths could've been avoided if this happened two weeks earlier. The initial response to pandemic was much better (i.e. faster) in Poland but unfortunately opening schools in September caused a huge spike in infections. Since then Poland is doing quite well and it's vaccinating people faster than Germany.