Posted on 03/28/2020 1:01:09 PM PDT by Hojczyk
The total number of Wuhan virus cases in the US surpassed the total in any other country yesterday. It is no surprise the media and their Democratic allies are using this data to cudgel the White House and mislead Americans. But anyone with fifth grade math (which apparently excludes most of the media) knows how irrelevant and misleading such a comparison is.
As we have pointed out, the only way to compare the status of the pandemic across countries is to analyze the number of deaths and cases on a per capita basis. The number of deaths per capita is most important, but per capita case rates provide a leading indicator that is also important to watch.
Despite what the media would like everyone to believe, this past week continues to bring good news for Americans. The number of per capita deaths reported in the United States remains amongst the lowest in the world. As of today, the US has recorded 5 deaths per million from the Wuhan virus, one-fifth of the total in Western European countries as a whole. Only Germany and Norway are recording lower deaths per capita, and that is only by a small fraction.
case numbers is that they largely reflect the amount of testing that has been done. Brian continues:
With the significant ramp in US testing (526,000 tests were run this past week), it is also reasonable to start comparing relative per capita case rates across countries. Again, the US is doing well relative to Western Europe. Except for the UK, the US has fewer reported cases per capita than every Western European country
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Maybe because he's fighting a war and he doesn't want to show his hand to the enemy?
Because it would freak people out.
I disagree, but that is how government works.
All RINOs. They loved Bush, McCain and Mittens.
Yes! I love how you have doubts - everyone else is so sure they know what is going on.
You think the chicoms are telling the truth?
I talked to my Dr’s office yesterday because I had to renew my blood pressure prescription and I asked the nurse if they had treated or seen any coronavirus patients and she said not one.
I’ll say it again today - plain old influenza we get every year, even twice a year, infects milli9ns and kills tens of thousands. And we have vaccines for that.
We is the panic, shut downs, edicts from our overlords, massive bureaucracy stimulus, trillions spent?
The doom and gloom folks can kiss my ass. Stay at home and shut you businesses down if you want. Leave Mr the F/$# alone you sheeple.
Because the streets are empty. LOL
Keeping 6 feet apart is probably killing Tinder. Ha
Or vice versa. Italy admitting some deaths counted as CV weren’t .
Or vice versa. Italy admitting some deaths counted as CV weren’t .
Going through life being a useful idiot is a waste son.
China was where the CV started; it makes sense they would reach their peak ahead of everyone else. Given that other East Asian countries that adopted similar containment measures to China, such as South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, are also seeing their curves flatten out I think that they could actually be telling the truth. Just this once to keep life interesting.
Sign at cube dweller,
Six foot distance
Or
Six Foot Under!
.
Planet has
Lost it!
Exactly. 1.3B people and only Hubeii province gets sick?
Most of the cases in China are concentrated in Hubei province — with a population less than 1/5th that of the USA.
Yes, because they quarantined Hubei province relatively quickly. Doing the same for New York may not be such a bad idea either. They just had to keep the subways running.
The Italians have listed ALL deaths into one lump.
The French are hedging their numbers because they have NO idea what's going on in the NO GO Zones!
The damned COMMIE CHINESE lie about EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!
And so on and so on and SO ON; including damned Cuomo!
Everything is free....if you.can not get within six feet of the cashier
Because the Chinese numbers are grossly unbelievable. As if by magic (or by CPC decree), their curve of new case diagnoses became flat. In reality, that is not possible.
US tests are accurate (unlike the Chinese) and a lot of them are being performed.
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