IDFD
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There’s a variety of reasons our numbers are high. Initially slow to react, population density. Population itself. If you look at deaths by population instead of just the total number Spain, Italy, UK, France in that order are 4, 5, 6, 7th. Belgium is 2nd with almost double the amount of deaths of France per million people and they had a very swift lockdown.
I don’t think the government were quick enough to react if the lockdown had happened a week or two earlier we’d probably be out of this by now but I also think the numbers need context. Spain has had less deaths than the other three but more deaths as a percentage of the population. Spain and Italy don’t include carehome deaths and only include deaths where CV was considered the primary cause. Where as any death in the UK where Covid exist is counted.
Until we’re through this and we can use average weekly deaths against the average over the last 5 years we’ll won’t know what the true rate is.
I don’t think the government were quick enough to react if the lockdown had happened a week or two earlier we’d probably be out of this by now but I also think the numbers need context. Spain has had less deaths than the other three but more deaths as a percentage of the population. Spain and Italy don’t include carehome deaths and only include deaths where CV was considered the primary cause. Where as any death in the UK where Covid exist is counted.
Until we’re through this and we can use average weekly deaths against the average over the last 5 years we’ll won’t know what the true rate is.