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Re:Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' Is a Sweeping Indictment... by read_if_gay_ on Monday May 03, 2021 @05:26PM (#27030901)
The list puts the US at 1.8%. The minimum I’ve found is 0.2%. Most countries seem to hover around 1-2%. There are countries with 9+%. How did you come to your conclusion?
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Re:Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' Is a Sweeping Indictment... by notJim on Monday May 03, 2021 @05:33PM (#27031003)
You're looking at the case-fatality ratio, your parent is looking at the deaths per 100k population.

Looking at these two numbers suggests to me that while the US did very well at treating cases, we allowed far too many people to become infected.

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Re:Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' Is a Sweeping Indictment... by Pyramus on Monday May 03, 2021 @05:43PM (#27031123)
I agree with your assessment.

Also Covid mortality scales exponentially with age, and US life expectancy is 5-6 years lower than say Spain or Italy.

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Re:Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' Is a Sweeping Indictment... by edaemon on Monday May 03, 2021 @05:32PM (#27030987)
They're looking at the deaths per capita, not the case-fatality ratio.
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