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The United States has 4.25% of the earth's population, but 25% of the world's COVID deaths.
Stuart G
(38,414 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)Which apparently is something to be proud of.
jimfields33
(15,768 posts)blitzen
(4,572 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)onecaliberal
(32,821 posts)Shermann
(7,412 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,841 posts)I can't believe that India, population 1.35 billion people, and with 18% of the world's population, has so few cases (40,000) and deaths (1300). Either they are doing essentially. They've supposedly done about a million tests. Social distancing essentially can't happen there, and they don't have a terrific medical infrastructure.
Another question, Why does Belgium have such an incredibly high death rate? 677 per one million population, more than three times our death rate.
My source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)SQUEE
(1,315 posts)The European cases may have come from a far more deadly strain.
One of many variables to consider.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)there have to be a lot of new ones by now.
progressoid
(49,978 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)SQUEE
(1,315 posts)The Johns Hopkins posted numbers are completely unbelievable, in any context.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
paleotn
(17,911 posts)They're no longer full and their temps are being dismantled. Who knows what their actual numbers were, but at this point, they're probably more worried about reinfection from the US than anything domestic.
SQUEE
(1,315 posts)The plural of anecdote is not data.
Too much info out there that they lied, obfuscated and misinformed, making any modeling, and comparisons impossible.
paleotn
(17,911 posts)It should be shouted from the roof tops. Donnie's epic fail. I fear he saved his best for last....cause when this is over he's either in exile, jail or fucking dead.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)MasonDreams
(756 posts)Than a person born elsewhere. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature !!
Karmageddon is just enhancing the chances of a graceful transition to a world with both HUMANS and a FUTURE. We need both.