Well, let's see. At present the number of covid deaths for 2020 sits at "400,000" (roughly) I imagine the honest number is 165,000, or maybe 200,000. The country is huge and the inconsistencies of counting are so wildly incorrect. The covid test was very unreliable, many false positives, and a few false negatives, but there were victims …
Well, let's see. At present the number of covid deaths for 2020 sits at "400,000" (roughly) I imagine the honest number is 165,000, or maybe 200,000. The country is huge and the inconsistencies of counting are so wildly incorrect. The covid test was very unreliable, many false positives, and a few false negatives, but there were victims of car accidents that tested positive for covid that were counted as a covid death!!! (I know this as a fact) and various other random deaths attributed to covid as well.
Okay, Arthur, I would put the number at about 200,000.
I have not checked, but what is the total number of covid deaths for the entirety of Europe, or a clump of countries over seas measuring the size of the US? Have you any idea?
I think that's absurd based on a "hunch" without any backing evidence. There is no reason to believe that the way US measures COVID death is that different from the rest of the world (it isn't). And yes, we do know that the US per capita COVID death rate is currently ranked 19th WORST in the world. Europe is far lower. The data is easily found. Europe as a whole COVID death rate is about 22% lower than the US. Here's the dataset.
Well, let's see. At present the number of covid deaths for 2020 sits at "400,000" (roughly) I imagine the honest number is 165,000, or maybe 200,000. The country is huge and the inconsistencies of counting are so wildly incorrect. The covid test was very unreliable, many false positives, and a few false negatives, but there were victims of car accidents that tested positive for covid that were counted as a covid death!!! (I know this as a fact) and various other random deaths attributed to covid as well.
Okay, Arthur, I would put the number at about 200,000.
I have not checked, but what is the total number of covid deaths for the entirety of Europe, or a clump of countries over seas measuring the size of the US? Have you any idea?
I think that's absurd based on a "hunch" without any backing evidence. There is no reason to believe that the way US measures COVID death is that different from the rest of the world (it isn't). And yes, we do know that the US per capita COVID death rate is currently ranked 19th WORST in the world. Europe is far lower. The data is easily found. Europe as a whole COVID death rate is about 22% lower than the US. Here's the dataset.
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&minPopulationFilter=1000000&facet=none&pickerSort=asc&pickerMetric=location&hideControls=true&Metric=Confirmed+deaths&Interval=Cumulative&Relative+to+Population=true&Align+outbreaks=false&country=NOR~KOR~GBR~USA~Europe