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We are not number one. Deaths per million, the US, a large country, not comparable to places like Taiwan, New Zealand, etc. (Many people use those types of comparisons) is number 10 in deaths per million. UK is #3, Spain is #6, Italy #7, Sweden #8, USA #10. https://www.worldometers.info/corona...meAdvegas1?%20
We are number one in total deaths and total infections but yes those 4 countries have a higher rate of deaths. But while their new cases are running less than a thousand we have been close to 60,000 for weeks, that is why we are banned from traveling to most of the countries in the world.
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Of course you don't believe Taiwan did anything to stop the pandemic dead in its tracts. You most likely don't read anything outside of your partisan bubble. Research Taiwan's response. It made me jealous that they had all the best people in place and on it from day one. Read about Hawaii and what a great response they had as well. It might shatter your belief that dear leader is perfection, but "it is what it is."
Sweden? Who wants to be like Sweden? I'll take Taiwan and even our own Hawaii over Sweden's response to Covid.
Yes. Look to Island nations and states for the ease at which they stopped Covid. New Zealand, too!
Genius!
Why didn't everyone just think to make their states and countries islands where air travel could be cut off with the flip of a switch!?!
We are number one in total deaths and total infections but yes those 4 countries have a higher rate of deaths. But while their new cases are running less than a thousand we have been close to 60,000 for weeks, that is why we are banned from traveling to most of the countries in the world.
Well yeah, we’re a huge country so obviously raw numbers will be higher. Not adjusting for population is a totally dishonest way to count deaths.
Well yeah, we’re a huge country so obviously raw numbers will be higher. Not adjusting for population is a totally dishonest way to count deaths.
Well China and India have 4 times our population and a fraction of the mortality rate, really not much of a victory that we are ahead of 4 countries with our health care system.
The large issue right now is the continuing high infection rate that is keeping us shut down and we have been at or near the top for several weeks.
Something that puzzles me about Trump.....he’s vain enough to be obsessed with appearing to be tan, and vain enough to not want to be seen wearing a mask, but he isn’t vain enough to care about being fat nor vain enough to care about being out of shape .
Well China and India have 4 times our population and a fraction of the mortality rate, really not much of a victory that we are ahead of 4 countries with our health care system.
The large issue right now is the continuing high infection rate that is keeping us shut down and we have been at or near the top for several weeks.
China lies. They may well have had more deaths in Wuhan than we have in the whole country. There are reports of 50,000 to 100,000 coffins hastily shipped to Wuhan during the peak.
As for India, the virus is just now getting there. Its spreading in Latin America, Africa and South Asia now.
France has basically the same death rate as the US. It got there quicker while we had a slower increase. Ireland was tracking with the US before levelling off earlier. At 365 per million they are still relatively high. Germany did well. They are at 112 per million.
New Zealand has had 100 straight days without a new case of Covid-19.
Almost all of them followed the rules and businesses opened back up in June and now they have ZERO restrictions on people.
Is there a lesson here?
Yes, quarantine every traveler for two weeks. As of a few weeks ago, they had cases. However, those cases were travelers who are in quarantine. That is not quite the same as no new cases. Their last cases were from travelers who were allowed to leave quarantine early.
The Taiwan government went on a crash program in February to provide everyone with surgical masks for 15 cents each and 95% of the people wore them for two-and-a-half months without whining. As a result the last COVID-19 death was in May and life here now is almost completely back to normal with hardly anyone wearing masks any longer unless they’re using public transportation.
That’s why the U.S. Health and Human Services secretary is coming here to learn the details rather than going to Sweden.
I had no clue! Thank you for the heads-up, that’s interesting.
Germany didn't have leaders like Gov. Cuomo (Fredo) sticking nursing home patients with Covid back into the care homes to cause a holocaust of senior citizens.
Take those numbers out (deaths in nursing homes in the US are upwards of 50% of all deaths) and the average drops.
Nursing home deaths were not particular just to the US or NY, they were world wide and nation wide.
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