Undeniable horrifying math

[kairos12]

The United States has 4.25% of the earth's population, but 25% of the world's COVID deaths.

[Stuart G]

1. K and R

[LisaL]

2. Well, per Trump, we have a very strong death toll.

Which apparently is something to be proud of.

[jimfields33]

3. I shutter to think what France, Italy, and Belgium's numbers would be. Yieks!!!

[blitzen]

4. It's now 27.5% and rising. n/t

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. at least, with inadequate testing and an asshole president

[onecaliberal]

6. Get thee to the greatest.

[Shermann]

7. Formula for great success according to Kushner nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Give it time.

I can't believe that India, population 1.35 billion people, and with 18% of the world's population, has so few cases (40,000) and deaths (1300). Either they are doing essentially. They've supposedly done about a million tests. Social distancing essentially can't happen there, and they don't have a terrific medical infrastructure.

Another question, Why does Belgium have such an incredibly high death rate? 677 per one million population, more than three times our death rate.

My source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. India, Brazil, Russia and some other countries are blowing up now. Brazil will be horrendous. . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Belgium may be over-counting while all others under-counting

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52491210

[SQUEE]

18. One of the theories is that there are multiple strains

The European cases may have come from a far more deadly strain.

One of many variables to consider.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. Washington State found a European and a China strain, early on.

there have to be a lot of new ones by now.

[progressoid]

10. It's likely many countries aren't accurately counting or reporting their deaths

[yaesu]

12. 3rd world countries with fascist dictators always suffer the worst from pandemics. nt

[SQUEE]

13. Sorry, but I do not believe China's reports, at all.

The Johns Hopkins posted numbers are completely unbelievable, in any context.

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

[paleotn]

16. But we can see their hospitals.

They're no longer full and their temps are being dismantled. Who knows what their actual numbers were, but at this point, they're probably more worried about reinfection from the US than anything domestic.

[SQUEE]

17. None of which gives us any information to go off of.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

Too much info out there that they lied, obfuscated and misinformed, making any modeling, and comparisons impossible.

[paleotn]

14. That is an attack ad in the Summer and Fall....

It should be shouted from the roof tops. Donnie's epic fail. I fear he saved his best for last....cause when this is over he's either in exile, jail or fucking dead.

[uponit7771]

15. K&R, with a national relative Ro of 1.2 !!!!!!

[MasonDreams]

19. An avg. person born in the USA will inflict 20X more environmental damage

Than a person born elsewhere. It's not nice to fool Mother Nature !!
Karmageddon is just enhancing the chances of a graceful transition to a world with both HUMANS and a FUTURE. We need both.

[bermudat]

20. Karmaggedon - never heard that before, good one