The Failure of The Trump Administration - Covid Deaths Per Capita Comparison

[TomCADem]

While much talk is rightfully focused on the U.S.A. appears to be well on its way to over 300,000 COVID related deaths by January 2021, what is not discussed is how poorly the U.S. is doing compared to other developed countries. Even when adjusted for population, the U.S. is still among the top countries in deaths per a million despite its advantages in wealth and science and the fact that it is not as densely populated as countries in Europe or Asia. Even worse, if you were to focus on just the past seven days, the U.S. is still around the top 20.

This makes no sense unless you look at our leadership or lack thereof. Even today, as the pandemic starts a third wave, you have a White House that is primarily focused on engineering a coup, along with White House "experts" like Scott Atlas who continues to attack mask usage on popular cable channels like Fox News.

The irony is that you ready headlines about COVID-19 outbreaks in other countries, but their so-called outbreaks would be considered a success compared to the current situation in the United States.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

Country / Deaths per million (total)
Belgium 1,483.19
Peru 1,109.67
Spain 977.93
Italy 962.53
United Kingdom¹ 897.98
Moldova 889.14
North Macedonia 886.51
Argentina 874.64
Bosnia and Herzegovina 851.86
Mexico 847.91
USA 838.08
Brazil 830.47
Chile 818.86
Czechia 809.86
France 797.79
Ecuador 783.48
Bolivia 780.15
Slovenia 762.47

[Pantagruel]

1. I would think highlighting virus control success

would be better served with cases or transmissions per million inhabitants. Deaths can be affected by demographics like age or the efficacy of health care systems. Transmissions / million better reflect efforts to control the spread of the virus although things like population density probably distort those numbers also.

[blitzen]

2. Taiwan, 0.3; Vietnam, 0.4; Thailand, 0.9; S. Korea, 11; Japan, 18 n/t