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Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by rtpg on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:07PM (#28045310)
That's just not true? there have of course been outbreaks in many countries so the graphs _look similar_, but usually at totally different scales.

Did you forget about the half-million dead in the richest country in the world? That didn't not happen, and is extremely different from other places.

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Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by Wolfenstein98k on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @06:45PM (#28055180)
Adjust for population and the nature of the country (ie values freedom highly), and then testing rates, and you'll see it's not as unique as you think.

Many other countries had huge death rates but didn't test much before and don't test the dead, unlike the States.

Then control for age and obesity, the two factors that make a population most vulnerable.

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