Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Conina]

EricHiggin said:

Conina said:

If masks don't help slowing down spreading the virus immensely... why does the USA (lax regulations, low mask acceptance thanks to mixed messages of the government and anti-mask propaganda of fox news) currently has almost 2 million known active cases (~5800 per million) while other big western countries with even higher population density have it much better under control?

I'd say Germany has a similar wealth and lifestyle (in most areas) as the USA and only ~6000 known active cases (~68 per million, so 1/85 compared to the USA).

Italy was hit pretty hard by the virus, but they took it serious and are down to ~12000 known active cases (~200 per million, so 1/29 compared to the USA).

If two people have the same job and same hourly wage, but one works many more hours than the other, won't they likely end up with more money?

If multiple countries are dealing with the same illness, but one country does way more testing, won't they likely end up with more confirmed cases?

USA: 146k tests per million

Germany: 82k tests per million

Italy: 103k tests per million

So the more tests could explain double of the known active cases at best , not 29x or 85x the number of known cases.