Post by the Scribe on Aug 31, 2020 2:02:01 GMT
we all know this is one major mess that should have been handled better and without all the partisan blaming as a Democratic hoax.
The United States has among the lowest case fatality rates of any major country anywhere in the world. The European Union’s case fatality rate is nearly three times higher than ours, but you don’t hear that. They don’t write about that. They don’t want to write about that. They don’t want you to know those things.
President Trump likes to stress the ratio of COVID-19 deaths to known cases — the case-fatality rate.
But this is seen by public health experts as an unreliable marker of the success or failure of a country’s efforts. For example, in the U.S., a lower rate may simply reflect the rapid spread of the coronavirus among young people — because they are generally less likely to get seriously ill or die, compared with older adults. When it comes to the sheer number of deaths, even adjusted for population size, the U.S. isn’t doing well compared with other peer nations.
Nell Greenfieldboyce
NPR Science Desk Correspondent
The United States has among the lowest case fatality rates of any major country anywhere in the world. The European Union’s case fatality rate is nearly three times higher than ours, but you don’t hear that. They don’t write about that. They don’t want to write about that. They don’t want you to know those things.
President Trump likes to stress the ratio of COVID-19 deaths to known cases — the case-fatality rate.
But this is seen by public health experts as an unreliable marker of the success or failure of a country’s efforts. For example, in the U.S., a lower rate may simply reflect the rapid spread of the coronavirus among young people — because they are generally less likely to get seriously ill or die, compared with older adults. When it comes to the sheer number of deaths, even adjusted for population size, the U.S. isn’t doing well compared with other peer nations.
Nell Greenfieldboyce
NPR Science Desk Correspondent