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DFW

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9. I'm sure the border areas like that are not heavily controlled

Reply to Recursion (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:15 AM

Apr 2020

Most of those towns were there before Belgium and the Kingdom of the Netherlands were set up. After all, both countries are post-Metternich/post-Napoleon as legal entities--very recent by European standards, and some of those towns (and their houses!) existed for centuries before that.

The town I live in has been here in one form or another for about 800 years, and it was probably inhabited for a century or two before that. Drawing an artificial line through the middle won't change that.

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Appears Belgium now has most per-capita corona virus deaths [View all] Steelrolled Apr 2020 OP

Looks like the only other countries worse off are... BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #1

You are right, I should have mentioned Steelrolled Apr 2020 #2

Thanks! I'd love to see a per capita chart but haven't been able to find one. LAS14 Apr 2020 #15

I do state charts as well. I was thinking of putting this stuff on-line Steelrolled Apr 2020 #16

Thanks, but I wouldn't know how to pick which states. You might post that one in this thread... LAS14 Apr 2020 #17

I'll just post one set, as I think people might get tired of it. Steelrolled Apr 2020 #18

Populations: Andorra 77,000, Sint Maarten (half a Caribbean island) 43,000, San Marino 34,000 Celerity Apr 2020 #5

Belgium says transparency explains high virus death toll Celerity Apr 2020 #3

Belgium is about the size of Maryland, fwiw. greyl Apr 2020 #4

It has twice the population of Maryland DFW Apr 2020 #7

I am usually in Belgium once a week for work (haven't been back in 5 weeks) DFW Apr 2020 #6

There are cafes divided by that border Recursion Apr 2020 #8

I'm sure the border areas like that are not heavily controlled DFW Apr 2020 #9

I thought it went back to the 80 years war? Recursion Apr 2020 #12

The border went back and forth DFW Apr 2020 #13

every country seems to have its own abacus ? JPbelgium Apr 2020 #10

Transparency, folks elias7 Apr 2020 #11

The CDC recently (last week I think) changed the reporting rules Steelrolled Apr 2020 #14