Covid-19: British death toll now highest in Europe

[Old Greg]

Remember folks. The glorious leader is going to send this virus packing and boosterise the economy.Covid-19: British death toll now highest in Europe

[DimPrawn]

You was waiting for the number of dead to rise so you could post this, weren't you?

No doubt it's "due to Brexit"...

[Old Greg]

You was waiting for the number of dead to rise so you could post this, weren't you?

No doubt it's "due to Brexit"...

It's due to Brexiteers, if that's any comfort.

[tazdevil]

Remember folks. The glorious leader is going to send this virus packing and boosterise the economy.Covid-19: British death toll now highest in Europe

Is this a competition? When the 2nd wave hits will it be the same story? Do we just look at absolute numbers or rates per million which shows a different story? As we count a Covid death as anyone who has Covid and dies but others don't how do we compare like for like?

[Old Greg]

Is this a competition? When the 2nd wave hits will it be the same story? Do we just look at absolute numbers or rates per million which shows a different story? As we count a Covid death as anyone who has Covid and dies but others don't how do we compare like for like?

What would make you feel best about yourself?

[WTFH]

Is this a competition?

Yes, it's a race to the bottom.

When the 2nd wave hits will it be the same story?

Depends on whether our glorious leaders actually learn anything from the first wave and do anything positive as a result.

As we count a Covid death as anyone who has Covid and dies but others don't how do we compare like for like?

You say others don't, care to provide a list of countries and how they count, also include any reasons why we must ignore their figures because they lie, but our glorious leader is known for his truth, honesty and integrity.

[WTFH]

Do we just look at absolute numbers or rates per million which shows a different story?

You're right, let's look at tests per million in major European countries:

Country	Tests per million
Denmark	44,497
Portugal	44,132
Spain	41,332
Belgium	39,362
Italy	36,244
Norway	34,984
Ireland	34,302
Switzerland	33,092
Austria	31,742
Germany	30,400
Slovenia	27,660
Czechia	25,128
Finland	19,185
UK	19,026
Slovakia	18,291

[Old Greg]

Yes, it's a race to the bottom.



Depends on whether our glorious leaders actually learn anything from the first wave and do anything positive as a result.




You say others don't, care to provide a list of countries and how they count, also include any reasons why we must ignore their figures because they lie, but our glorious leader is known for his truth, honesty and integrity.

You have this wrong. It goes like this (small words used in case Bean wants to read it):

Brexit is good.
Brexit leaders are good.
Good leaders do a good job.
Brexit leaders are doing a good job on Covid-19.
Stories that Brexit leaders are doing a bad job on Covid-19 are Fake News.

Once you've established that framework, you can apply it to anything. For example:

I’m shaking hands continuously. I was at a hospital the other night where I think there were actually a few coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody, you’ll be pleased to know. I continue to shake hands.

There are two possibilities:

1. This was doing a good job.
2. This never happened and is Fake News (probably the Guardian).

It doesn't matter much which possibility you choose, or even whether you stick to one or change tack.

[Old Greg]

UK coronavirus death toll of 20,000 'a good outcome', says chief scientific adviser

To be fair, he didn't say that more than 20,000 deaths would be a bad outcome.

[xoggoth]

Do we just look at absolute numbers or rates per million which shows a different story?

Quite. The UK has the 2nd highest population in Europe, apart from Germany, and one of the highest population densities.

Population by Country (2020) - Worldometer