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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by freeflight on Saturday March 28, 2020 @09:23AM (#22710987)
> Don't confuse positive test results with actual infections.

I don't, I'm mostly going by deaths/1M pop, and afaik even if the UK tested more, that number wouldn't change and still be more than double that of Germany.

So Germany must do something right that the UK doesn't.

Maybe it's the extra ICU beds, maybe it's the rapid testing, most likely it's a combination of both of those in addition to the better funding?

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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by lazyjones on Saturday March 28, 2020 @09:27AM (#22711011)
> So Germany must do something right that the UK doesn't.

... or wrong. Italy e.g. tests dead people for Coronavirus, Germany might conclude in many cases that people with prior issues died from those issues. I know Austria is very reluctant about this.

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Re:Interview with German Ventilator Manufacturer by davrosthedalek on Saturday March 28, 2020 @12:34PM (#22712209)
AFAIK, Germany counts Corona death similar/the same as Italy.
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