U2Edge
Gold Member
- Sep 15, 2012
- 5,273
- 1,199
U.S. population: 328,000,000
Germany/France/Italy/UK/Spain population: 324,000,000
Corona virus cases:
U.S. 677,570
G/F/I/UK/S: 759,707
Corona virus deaths:
U.S.: 34,617
G/F/I/UK/S: 77,186
Your point? The United States has one of the worst infections rates in the world, 14th worst in fact. Spain, Italy, and France have worse infections rates than the United States, and Germany and the UK are almost as bad. So of the worst infected countries on the planet, your saying that the United States is doing a little bit better when it comes to the death rate within the dirty dozen essentially. Essentially, "were bad, but were not as bad as the worse country in the world". Is that anything to point out or brag about?
Also, the higher death rate in these most infected countries could easily be explained away by the fact that Spain, Italy, France, Germany and the UK have populations that on average are OLDER than the United States when it comes to age. Older age makes you more vulnerable to the virus. So the United States lower death rate compared to these countries is NOT because of anything the U.S. healthcare system did and definitely not anything TRUMP did.
No, New York + New Jersey + New England + Michigan have the highest infection rates.
It's like trying to make a statement about a Arizona only using data from Yavapai County.
It's stupid.
It's misleading.
It's bullshit.
The higher infections rates are do to higher population, higher population density, and more travel and economic connections to the rest of the world. But without the past month of mitigation efforts, rural areas of the United States would be in trouble as well.
Also, your the one that keeps talking about South Dakota as if its representative of most of the United States. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The FACT IS, the United States is the 14th most infected country in the world. That's TERRIBLE. 197 countries on the planet and the United States has the 14th worst infection rate. Comparisons between New York and South Dakota are irrelevant. The United States has the 14th worst infection rate in the world period!