Booney wrote:Even in Adelaide people defend Trump.
Even in Adelaide they attack Trump!
The USA's numbers look worse cause of their size.
Looking at a per capita basis, their handling of it doesn't seem quite so bad (still hasn't been great).
Granted different countries are at different stages of their curves, so these numbers will shift over time, but right now, the US are mid-table (but climbing quickly).
Cases/Million population:
Spain 3723
Switzerland 2997
Italy 2687
Belgium 2685
Ireland 2325
France 2195
USA 1855
Netherlands 1600
Germany 1578
UK 1383
Sweden 1133
Canada 717
Singapore 556
NZ 283
Australia 251
It is also worth noting the above is likely to be somewhat distorted as countries have different criteria for allowing a test to occur.
Deaths / Million is a much more representative stat, but once again, some countries are counting differently (ie: only including those that made it to hospital).
Spain 390
Belgium 359
Italy 348
France 241
UK 178
Netherlands 172
Switzerland 136
Sweden 102
Ireland 82
USA 79
Germany 42
Canada 24
NZ 2
Singapore 2
Australia 2
I expect the USA to continue to climb up that ladder over the next month as they are still in their peak, rather than coming off like a lot of the European countries are. Will be interesting to see if they make it to the top of the list.
The way some people are talking you'd expect they are already there and double second place.