• I'm saying that a low death rate for those infected is a better indicator than cases per million.

    Both of which rely on reliable testing to be confident of and will depend on whether your government has bothered to try shielding the vulnerable, you know through things like quarantine, locking down, closing borders and PPE. Which was the point
    of that chart.

    Coincidentallyy USA/UK death rate is through the roof compared to other countries and our health services haven't even been overwhelmed, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make? Cue some smartarse remark...

  • Coincidentallyy USA/UK death rate is through the roof compared to other countries

    Is it actually 'through the roof' in the US? In NY sure, but overall the US is not actually doing that badly. Which surprises me, because they do have an extremely high case rate despite not even testing that much, but somehow the death rate seems to be pretty much under control with the exception of very specifically New York / New Jersey. I have no clue what's going on...

  • I guess if other states aren't testing or reporting it's going to be hard to know. Given how resistant some of the population are to restrictions on movement etc I can't see the country overall escaping New York levels of contagion but maybe their car-centric culture will save them...

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