04-14-2020, 01:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-14-2020, 02:25 PM by Eric the Green.)
(04-14-2020, 11:42 AM)sbarrera Wrote:(04-14-2020, 11:06 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:(04-13-2020, 02:41 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Europe is 600 million people and the USA is 300 million. The number of new cases in Europe has leveled off
Substitute "EU" or "Euro zone" for "Europe", then. The Euro Zone by itself has far more deaths than the US, and more deaths per day, despite a smaller population.
The number of new cases per day in Europe has leveled off, but so has the number of new cases per day in the US. There is absolutely no doubt that the US is doing better than the EU.
I believe there are two factors helping the US:
1) we started social distancing earlier in the curve
2) we have more healthcare infrastructure
The USA is not being "helped" very much.
The USA started on the social distancing curve sooner than some European countries (Italy, maybe) but not others (Germany). The USA is less consistent in this policy than European countries, with some states doing more than others and little national leadership.
The US state that has done the best by far is Washington. Kudoes to Governor Inslee and the people there. California is doing better than most big states, ranking #6 in total cases and #7 in total deaths despite being #1 in population and having been struck first, but it still has a problem.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/