UK's record toll higher than Italy's worst day

[scooterscot]

We have a bigger population by Spain by approx 20 million and a bigger population than Italy by about 6 million so our death rate being higher in numbers isn't surprising..

Yet with a population 17 million greater than the UK, Germany has seen fewer deaths despite being a few weeks ahead of the UK.

UK deaths - 8,958

Germany - 2767


The US is totally £$$£43

[xoggoth]

Not just population, but population density. Would seem an obvious factor in transmission as we are seeing in London, New York and other cities.

[SueEllen]

Not just population, but population density. Would seem an obvious factor in transmission as we are seeing in London, New York and other cities.

Stop admitting you want to analyse the figures properly to know where we have screwed up.

[d000hg]

They've been saying for ages we're on the same trajectory as Italy, but 2 weeks behind.

[WTFH]

They've been saying for ages we're on the same trajectory as Italy, but 2 weeks behind.

But Wailers on here were saying for ages it was only 10 a week.

The far right have been wrong about this all along, when will they start to accept the truth?

(and the UK is only reporting hospital deaths where testing has been done, no nursing homes, no hospital deaths where the patient wasn’t tested, etc)

[Paddy]

“ There is no hiding from the fact that yesterday's announcement of 980 new UK deaths has surpassed Italy and Spain's worst days during this pandemic.

Italy's highest daily death toll was 919 according to the latest figures, Spain's was 950.

While these two countries are now seeing daily death figures coming down, the UK's have been closing in on 1,000 for several days - and the true death toll is likely to be higher once deaths not yet reported have been added in.

Yet the NHS has not been overwhelmed in the way that Italy's hospitals appeared to be.”

Coronavirus: UK urged to stay home despite sun after record deaths - BBC News

Good question - WTF is happening

This is what happens when people vote Tory and vote for a baffoon to be PM.


The man on the Clapham Omnibus could run things better than Bojo.

[AtW]

Labour would not have prepared either - they are all the same scumbags, there was small difference in terms of taxes but even that now very close - 45% tax or 50% tax, same tulip really.

[NotAllThere]

The man on the Clapham Omnibus could run things better than Bojo.

So long as that man isn't Jeremy Corbyn.

[ladymuck]

This is what happens when people vote Tory and vote for a baffoon to be PM.

Why oh why oh why do people persist in getting this wrong?

You don't vote for the PM. You vote for a party and the party chooses their leader and that leader becomes PM if a majority is secured.

Next time, just stop the sentence early so you look less like a buffoon yourself.

[Old Greg]

Not just population, but population density. Would seem an obvious factor in transmission as we are seeing in London, New York and other cities.

I would expect international connectivity is another big factor.