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The only Covid related statistics I somewhat trust for country to country comparisons are the excess mortality statistics. Here' a site that compiles them: htt
by tgflynn 5y ago
The only Covid related statistics I somewhat trust for country to country comparisons are the excess mortality statistics. Here' a site that compiles them: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-excess-deaths-per-million-covid?tab=chart&country=USA~FRA~CAN~GBR~ESP~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-excess-deaths-...
There's quite a bit of variation between Western countries. Among large countries in Western Europe France and Germany are near the low end while the UK, Spain and Italy are higher by roughly a factor of 2. The US is above everybody and Canada is well below everyone else.
If you're trying to tell some kind of story about why some country is better or worse than another, it may be quite difficult to make it fit this data.