Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by theferalrobot on Thursday March 12, 2020 @09:10AM
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Again not even close, France for instance has a death rate 10x ours per capita, that's gonna take way more than 5-6 days.
The statement is inaccurate any way you slice it. Why use incomplete information when more is available?
Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by martinpw on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:43PM
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He didn't say per capita.
The statement was accurate. It may not be a useful metric, but it was an accurate one.
Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days
by theferalrobot on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:12PM
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> He didn't say per capita.
But it's also not the case when looking only at absolute numbers either. I would also argue that per capita is implied because it's the only way you can really make that comparison.
> What are you on about? We have fewer deaths than far more countries than that
You edited out the second sentence. The full quote is:
Only vs. China, Iran and Italy. We're within a factor of two (that is, about 5-6 days) of everyone else.
which is accurate.