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Nobody knows what the true figures for COVID deaths are in any country since "COVID death" is determined by local politics, not international science. The best estimate of attributable harm is the number of excess deaths since "week zero", which you define as the first week when, say, 100 attributed deaths were recorded, because COVID arrived in different countries at different times. You then have to add a phase factor to account for the fact that infection rates vary differently in different countries and it takes anything from 2 to 20 weeks to die from COVID-related disease. Finally, if you want to compare the effectiveness of public health measures, you need to factor in the population density, which is the primary determinant of infection rate of you do nothing. The massive surge in infections caused by Thanksgiving idiocy in the USA is just beginning to reflect in the death stats, and as there is no treatment for COVID, we can reasonably assume that the lethality rate will be pretty much the same in all countries.
I sort of agree that Trumps handling of the pandemic was dented by thanks giving,
Simple fact is the USA is still better than the uk
It is up to the parents to decide what is best for their child and not the teachers or the government in my view.
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 02/01/2021 14:57:50Simple fact is the USA is still better than the uk You keep saying that, but have failed to provide your definition of "better" as used on your planet, or any evidence that numerate speakers of idiomatic English would consider "better".
rational identification,
more freedom,
functioning economy.
What are the Americans "free" to do which I'm not?
There being no treatment for what is pretty much the same disease affecting pretty much the same demographic, (a) what is your definition of "mortality rate" and (b) which source of data are you using to calculate it?
Mortality rate, those who have been listed as passing in relation to corona in statistics provided by the government.
What will we do if the NHS runs out of beds?
Well, treat the young healthy patients first whilst accelerating the vaccination program in that area as a priority.
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 04/01/2021 16:48:20Mortality rate, those who have been listed as passing in relation to corona in statistics provided by the government.I.e. nothing to do with science. The UK government has decreed that a COVID death is one that occurs within 28 days of a positive diagnosis. So if you live 5 or 6 weeks, you don't count.
puts it into perspective how well Trump is doing.
Quote from: Petrochemicals on 02/01/2021 22:23:27 rational identification,Would you like to explain what you think that means?Quote from: Petrochemicals on 02/01/2021 22:23:27 more freedom,In the country where you can be arrested for owning lab glassware.?What are the Americans "free" to do which I'm not?Quote from: Petrochemicals on 02/01/2021 22:23:27functioning economy.The function of the economy is to improve the lives of the people...Neither the US nor the UK can really claim to be doing that.
What are the best answers for Corona statistics?
The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus is far exaggerated in the United States because of @CDCgov's ridiculous method of determination compared to other countries, many of whom report, purposely, very inacurately and low. "When in doubt, call it Covid." Fake News!
Incidentally, one way that excess deaths will underestimate COVID deaths is in the road toll.- End-of year figures suggest that due to lockdowns and other travel restrictions, in 2020 Australia had its lowest road toll since about 1935...