04-14-2020, 11:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-14-2020, 11:23 PM by Eric the Green.)
Yes, the chart shows more than total cases. I have pointed out though, that national borders are arbitrary. It's just one way of looking at it. New York state by itself has more deaths than any single country, and it's not very big compared to the other countries. The USA is a big country, and those who live in wide open spaces are less vulnerable to the contagion, at least initially. If they follow Trump's directive, though, in the long run they could face catastrophe due to their lack of services.
It would be more accurate to divide the big countries into regions and compare them to the "regions" that are the states in the EU, for example, or to the UK. China has a very low rate per capita, but the province in which Wuhan is located has a very high rate, and the virus was extremely contagious there. One reason China did better than the USA is that they contained not only the country by restricting foreigners, but early on contained the province by restricting travel in and out of it. Something blue states may need to learn from if they decide not to follow Trump's orders.
It would be more accurate to divide the big countries into regions and compare them to the "regions" that are the states in the EU, for example, or to the UK. China has a very low rate per capita, but the province in which Wuhan is located has a very high rate, and the virus was extremely contagious there. One reason China did better than the USA is that they contained not only the country by restricting foreigners, but early on contained the province by restricting travel in and out of it. Something blue states may need to learn from if they decide not to follow Trump's orders.