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>Compare your example to an area where people really take masking serious, such as Hong Kong, and then maybe you'll have a valid comparison. It's not fair to c
by logicchains 5y ago
>Compare your example to an area where people really take masking serious, such as Hong Kong, and then maybe you'll have a valid comparison.
It's not fair to compare the US/Canada with East Asian countries like Hong Kong because the biggest contributor to covid fatality rates apart from population age is obesity rates, which are way lower in East Asia.
- greggman3 5y agoI haven't clue about statics so it's likely this is wrong but a quick graph of COVID deaths per million vs obesity rate for each country doesn't look like there is any correlation. https://jsgist.org/?src=7b456a001284587cb90c7693ac0e6f3b https://jsgist.org/?src=7b456a001284587cb90c7693ac0e6f3b Also, if age is the #1 factor then Japan should have the worst covid as they have the most old people per capita but they don't. They also haven't locked down but they have worn masks. (not saying masks were why covid is so low here). Yes they are having a spike now. It's still tiny (1/20th) other countries with comparable populations sizes.
- astrange 5y agoJapan is kind-of locked down, mostly by canceling large events and keeping people home. They're working on the principle that covid has mainly aerosol transmission and is spread by rare superspreaders rather than just everyone. It's working okay but not as well as Korea.