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Pantagruel

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1. I would think highlighting virus control success

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Sat Dec 5, 2020, 08:33 PM

Dec 2020

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.

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The Failure of The Trump Administration - Covid Deaths Per Capita Comparison [View all] TomCADem Dec 2020 OP

I would think highlighting virus control success Pantagruel Dec 2020 #1

Taiwan, 0.3; Vietnam, 0.4; Thailand, 0.9; S. Korea, 11; Japan, 18 n/t blitzen Dec 2020 #2