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I wouldn't want to say that the US is "the loser of the world", but

most certainly don't make it look like the US is "the winner of the world" - do they.

What is even more depressing is taking Column 11 "Death Chance vs US" and adjusting it by normalizing it according to PPP GDP per capita (which gives a good indication of how much a country can afford to devote to fighting COVID-19). If you do that, you get


Based on that calculation, every single one of the "G-8+China" countries is doing a better job (within their own financial constraints) than the US does (even the UK [once adjusted to account for "economic power"] shows that a person selected at random has a LOWER chance of dying from COVID-19 than does a person selected at random in the United States of America {although, since the UK is within 3.5% of the US, you can call that a tie if you want to}]).

PS - Even though the Chinese data isn't all that reliable, it isn't all that different from the Japanese data so I don't TOTALLY discount it (as there MAY be some "genetic component" associated with the COVID-19 death rate). Which is, of course, a statement which - undoubtedly - will spawn a whole slew of conspiracy/bio-warfare theories.

Thanks for the data; I'll peruse it.. first glance, I thought .. some statistician has too much time and too many gigabytes to play with ! ( a little funny there) .. I'll look at them.
my general attitude about such ...
it is what it is ... the starting point .. a new one each day..
Thanks C ...
 
Thanks for the data; I'll peruse it.. first glance, I thought .. some statistician has too much time and too many gigabytes to play with ! ( a little funny there) .. I'll look at them.
my general attitude about such ...
it is what it is ... the starting point .. a new one each day..
Thanks C ...

Once you build the spread sheets, it takes about 20 minutes to enter the current data in the main one, about another 10 minutes to ensure that the secondary ones are properly linked, and about 15 minutes to save the generated graphics. Inserting them into the stock formatted pages (which you can find updated daily at available at Daily Statistical Summary of COVID-19 takes about 10 minutes.

I don't begrudge an hour of my time.

And, yes, at times I do use the existing spread sheets to generate custom graphs and/or tables (such as the one that I posted yesterday that showed the COVID-19 results when considered in respect of "ability to pay" [for which I used the PPP GDP per capita data as an indicator]).
 
Did you miss this part ?

Facts are always preferable and at the moment all collectable data appears to be convoluted by collection and dissemination protocols lacking precise basis control.

I'll wait for quite awhile before attempting to balance the books on this problem.
Sadly, the numbers may never be accurate, only a computer extrapolation controlled by the algorithm
While you attempt to cast doubt, the numbers we currently have are beyond bad. Among the worst in the world.
 
Hard to believe America is in third world territory
 
I don't do this on a daily basis because I'm simply too lazy (and the data collection is a pain), but you might be interested in seeing an assessment of how well various countries are doing with respect to COVID-19 once you take their "ability to pay" (I'm using PPP GDP per capita to gauge that).


While the usual caveats regarding Chinese data and comparison to Japanese rates apply, this, to say the least, is NOT "happy making".

Thanks for the effort! :cheers:
 
While you attempt to cast doubt, the numbers we currently have are beyond bad. Among the worst in the world.

I have a difficult time caring about how bad something is.. seems a whining waste of energy..
I prefer to concentrate on what's being done to remedy the problem....
 
I have a difficult time caring about how bad something is.. seems a whining waste of energy..
I prefer to concentrate on what's being done to remedy the problem....

Well, if you are talking about the US federal government, I do have to admit that "Option B" involves a whole lot less effort than "Option A".

20-08-14 A1 - G8 + CHINA COVID.webp

20-08-14 A4 - G8+China NORMALIZED.webp

20-08-14 B3 - Death by Ability to Pay.webp
 
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