- Moderator
- #81
United States VS. Taiwan on Covid-19: May 1, 2020 TO August 1, 2020.
UNITED STATES POPULATION: 332,639,102
TAIWAN POPULATION: 23,603,049
UNITED STATES: May 1, 2020 TO August 1, 2020
COVID-19 Infections - 3,633,096
COVID -19 deaths - 92,129
TAIWAN: May 1, 2020 TO August 1, 2020
COVID-19 Infections - 45
COVID-19 deaths - 1
If the United States had been doing as well as TAIWAN over the past 3 months on a per capita basis, it would of had less than 700 infections and less than 15 deaths.
While there are valid criticisms about how the pandemic was handled in the US, comparing the US to an island nation like Taiwan which is a fraction of the size and has a natural geographic barrier around it is comparing apples and oranges.