The SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT — "[The] blog he developed was something that made the district better." - Tim Jemal, SOCCCD BoT President, 7/24/23
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Europe & North America are in trouble; in the U.S., Trump's negligence is allowed to continue, as tens of thousands die needlessly
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Coronavirus: just fake news |
The main graph listed countries by number of deaths, but I was more interested in death rates. So I modified the chart in order of rates: number of deaths per 100,000 people. I included only those nations with death rates of 50 or above (per 100K). The US is #11, with Mexico at #10 and the UK at #12.
Obviously, a country can have a high death rate with low raw numbers owing to its small population. The real standout here is Brazil, with a rate of 74 per 100k and over 152,000 deaths. (On the other hand, the rate there has trended downward in recent weeks; good news.)
(Check out Peru as well.)
The US has far more deaths but its rate is much lower: 66 per 100k. (Our recent trends are not good, however. See below.)
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Recent trends have been good in India, not so good in the US. Note that India is low in deaths per 100k (8.4 compared to our 66.3). |
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In recent months, the trend has been good in Brazil (until very recently), but poor in France |
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The UK sucks about as badly as we do. What's that all about? (Maybe the arsehole-as-leader factor.) |
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Big problems in Belgium |
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Mysterious deaths in blue (Covidry uncounted) |
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In OC, things don't look too bad. Stable for now. But the cold is coming. Then what? Rates will go up again. |
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