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Are you suggesting that Canada’s numbers are inflated, even though they match US numbers which are not inflated?
by seattle_spring 3y ago
Are you suggesting that Canada’s numbers are inflated, even though they match US numbers which are not inflated?
- wk_end 3y agoFor a variety of reasons - higher uptake of vaccinations (~85% vs ~70%), universal health care coverage, stronger worker protections, better compliance with stronger public health rules and restrictions, lower obesity rates (~30% of adults vs ~40%) - one might suspect that they shouldn't match US numbers. Broadly, I guess I just feel non-specifically like a bunch of articles about COVID in the US in 2020 aren't especially germane when discussing COVID in Canada in 2022, when so much about the situation is so radically different.
- red-iron-pine 3y agomeh.... I dunno. * Identical anti-vax culture and rural-vs-urban divide * worker protections aren't that much stronger, and the impact on a mega-contagious disease is dubious * health care coverage isn't universal but is based on the province, and only applies to things inside of a hospital + some other stuff like midwives * and obesity rates on the old / elderly may be very similar -- since those are the ones who are dying; I'm from the US but in Canada and I see plenty of fat older people but fewer fatass kids. * also leaving out things like Canada's insanely high COL and associated challenges like heating costs, serious issues with transport and accessability -- if you're in a big city you have good healthcare, but if not then good luck, and a population skewed to the Boomers just like the US who are, again, the ones who are mostly dying from the disease -- it's the older folks.