Coronavirus (2021) thread

[blueparrot]

thought the UK was the worse based on population versus deaths

Belgium I thought .

 

[PragueBlue]

I think Slovenija is the only one now. Belgium counts deaths completely differently to everyone else. Other than that, it's us.

Appalling.

Czechs are marginally ahead of the UK too I think.

I think all countries are counting deaths somewhat differently (or are less honest in their figures). I'm not sure numbers of deaths show a true picture. It's hard to believe that countries with much higher numbers (pro rata) of infected are so much lower in deaths.

 

[marco]

We have the worst per population in the world , shocking decisions at the beginning has cost us bad

we might just be exceeded by China but we'l never know because there Government are a bunch of lying bastards to

 

[i8rags]

Seriously?

Defo

 

[Claytop]

There’ll definitely be several if not many seriously under reporting their deaths, not that it in anyway makes our efforts better but a lot of the comparisons aren’t worth much.

 

[PragueBlue]

thought the UK was the worse based on population versus deaths

Belgium and Czechs are higher at present I think. Not sure number of deaths is that good a tool for comparison though as different countries seem to count them differently (or at least I assume that's the reason for some discrepancies in figures).

 

[i8rags]

Lots of we could do better shite on here, also got to think when compared to other countries that we are FOUR not one.
love to hear how most of our deaths were avoidable.

 

[kaz7]

Belgium and Czechs are higher at present I think. Not sure number of deaths is that good a tool for comparison though as different countries seem to count them differently (or at least I assume that's the reason for some discrepancies in figures).

100,000 deaths is all you need to know

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

The UK is up there but there are a few worse. Though the UK is fast catching them up.

It's a sad fact that the UK has one of the highest death rates in the world currently but what we can do now is ensure that we are one of the first countries badly affected to come through it. The only way to do this is by a rapid mass vaccination programme and we are actually doing brilliantly so far. With today's figure of 400,000 vaccinations in the last recorded 24 hour period we have given at least one dose to 8.1% of the population. The daily numbers will increase substantially & I'm very confident that the top four cohorts will be done by mid February.

There have been many missteps but our support for the Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine combined with our procurement strategy have been world class.

 

[blueparrot]

Belgium and Czechs are higher at present I think. Not sure number of deaths is that good a tool for comparison though as different countries seem to count them differently (or at least I assume that's the reason for some discrepancies in figures).

To be honest there are a lot of countries fairly similar. The difference between 1200 and 1500 / million in fairly insignificant in statistical terms , especially with different counting systems.
There will need to be a long hard look at how we coped with this , but not just here in many countries in europe and the U.S in particular where we were all caught unprepared for this.