Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Mnementh]

SvennoJ said:

I noticed WorldInfoMeter has added tabs for different regions. Turkey is part of Asia according to them, yet according to Germany it's part of Europe. I'll keep following the Berliner Morgenpost for the European numbers, and keep USA the way it is. However together with Canada, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic et al, North America just passed the half million reported cases.

The financial times removed the extra deaths from France April 9: All maps and charts now exclude nursing home deaths from France’s totals to maintain cross-national comparability. Somehow that feels so wrong... Ignoring those that suffer the worst from this. Poor Turkey doesn't belong to Europe either according to the Financial times.

Turkey and Russia both are countries that stretch over both continents (or as I see it over the one continent Eurasia). If someone needs to categorize them as only for one continent, they have to throw a dice or something. Although Russias landmass is mostly in Asia, it is most often counted for europe, as the majority of people live in the european part and Russia actually is an important player in european history. For Turkey it is more difficult, so the categorization is changing.