LarryS
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As a skeptic, I would say it is predominantly due to their very low population density.
Ah I recognised your signature pic from the Ocarina Network!
As a skeptic, I would say it is predominantly due to their very low population density.
That was the New South Wales health minister. Different country.
As a skeptic, I would say it is predominantly due to their very low population density.
No, it was the NZ health minister David Clarke. No single country owns the sole rights to stupid.
Our PM has grown into the job, during some pretty horrendous times. First the Christchurch slaughter and now a global pandemic. She has my utmost admiration.
I agree, when it comes down to cases per million population Australia is doing better than New Zealand, Aust 248, NZ 276.
So far both countries have come through pretty well, lets hope the trend continues.
Keep in mind, numbers reflect "tested" positives....
Vietnam has no reported cases.
Americans are dropping like flies.
Vietnam has no reported cases.
Americans are dropping like flies.
I wonder if "reported cases" is the same as "cases."
The USA has the third biggest population on the planet, about 328.2m people. So it is likely to have the biggest numbers of good and bad things which affect the population. People really should check out the averages for causes of death in the USA, the numbers for all causes are among the highest on the planet.
600k of people = 0.18% of 328.2m people.
Every vaccine has a fatality rate. If all 4.886m New Zealanders are given a vaccine which has a fatality rate of 0.5%, then there is a high possibility that 24,430 NZ people will die from receiving the vaccine. They are going to spend 18 months locked up and destroying the local economy only to face the fact that a vaccine has an inbuilt fatality rate which may not be all that different to the virus.
If all 328.2m of the USA population are given a vaccine with a fatality rate of 0.5%, then 1,641,000m people are likely to be killed by the vaccine. There is a big number for you to talk about. You can isolate and lose your job and be stuck at home for 6 - 18 months, waiting for a vaccine and the vaccine is still going to cause a big number of deaths because of the size of the population it is given to.
If the Mayor NYC had a vaccine that has a fatality rate of 0.5%, how many New Yorkers could die just from receiving the vaccine?
Unless this pathogen goes extinct off the planet we are stuck with it. We are still stuck with the Flu after 100 years. It is good to protect the vulnerable and to take some time to set up hospitals and facilities to cope with the peak of the infection, and we should be doing that, but we are going to be stuck with the pathogen for the next 100 years at least. Some mature thought and action is required to avoid us being turned into slaves to a pathogen. There needs to be a balance between protecting the vulnerable and normal human life and social activity.
There is no winning with a new virus that is dangerous to human life. There is no country which will have more or less deaths per 100 persons from the virus. Over a five year period the averages are all going to be very similar.
Don't let a lifeless pathogen ruin your future. Obviously you need to take care to avoid it or minimise its effects, but do not become a slave to a lifeless pathogen thing.
The USA has the third biggest population on the planet, about 328.2m people. So it is likely to have the biggest numbers of good and bad things which affect the population. People really should check out the averages for causes of death in the USA, the numbers for all causes are among the highest on the planet.
600k of people = 0.18% of 328.2m people.
Every vaccine has a fatality rate. If all 4.886m New Zealanders are given a vaccine which has a fatality rate of 0.5%, then there is a high possibility that 24,430 NZ people will die from receiving the vaccine. They are going to spend 18 months locked up and destroying the local economy only to face the fact that a vaccine has an inbuilt fatality rate which may not be all that different to the virus.
If all 328.2m of the USA population are given a vaccine with a fatality rate of 0.5%, then 1,641,000m people are likely to be killed by the vaccine. There is a big number for you to talk about. You can isolate and lose your job and be stuck at home for 6 - 18 months, waiting for a vaccine and the vaccine is still going to cause a big number of deaths because of the size of the population it is given to.
If the Mayor NYC had a vaccine that has a fatality rate of 0.5%, how many New Yorkers could die just from receiving the vaccine?
Unless this pathogen goes extinct off the planet we are stuck with it. We are still stuck with the Flu after 100 years. It is good to protect the vulnerable and to take some time to set up hospitals and facilities to cope with the peak of the infection, and we should be doing that, but we are going to be stuck with the pathogen for the next 100 years at least. Some mature thought and action is required to avoid us being turned into slaves to a pathogen. There needs to be a balance between protecting the vulnerable and normal human life and social activity.
There is no winning with a new virus that is dangerous to human life. There is no country which will have more or less deaths per 100 persons from the virus. Over a five year period the averages are all going to be very similar.
Don't let a lifeless pathogen ruin your future. Obviously you need to take care to avoid it or minimise its effects, but do not become a slave to a lifeless pathogen thing.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt sailors were thought to be initially infected from staying at a hotel where two had tested positive in Da Nang, Vietnam.
And it is crazy that the USA leads the world in the number of deaths, which is still increasing, while discussing reopening sooner than later.
Russia's population is 144.5 million and their reported deaths are just 273. Are they not bothering to count or do they have a vaccine already but haven't told us yet