Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls

Re:Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls by totony on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:20PM (#27057161)

>Doses of vaccine, yes.

I have not claimed doses of vaccine to be a good metric.

>I'm curious, what QoL increase makes up for 400k additional deaths over Canada's number?

Who has 400k more?

You also have to take into account that policy differences do not solely explain the difference in death toll. Saying 400k more death over canada = canada good response is a reductionist view when there are other factors in play.

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Re:Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls by whimsicalism on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:39PM (#27057335)

Okay, so what does explain the difference in death toll? I certainly don't think it is only policy diffferences.

> Who has 400k more?

If we had Canada's per capita rate, 400k fewer people would have died.

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Re:Canadians fly south for shot as US demand falls by totony on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:59PM (#27057464)

I am not familiar with Australia's response enough to give a conjecture on how good its policy is. Although I am familiar with Canada's response and (independently of death toll) think it was very suboptimal.

>I certainly don't think it is only policy diffferences.

And I agree with you, which is why I think using death toll as a single metric is a bad idea.

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>If we had Canada's per capita rate, 400k fewer people would have died.

Even with the same policy as Canada, it is unlikely that the death toll would just transpose (it's a bad assumption, because policy doesn't define the death toll - it affects it)

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