Current Events > Germany has overtaken the USA in CoVID deaths per capita

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In terms of the death rate per capita, however, Germany began to overtake the US last week. An average of around 11 people per million in the population die from or with coronavirus every seven days, according the latest data from John Hopkins University published on Wednesday.

This is above the figure from the US, where there's slightly less than 10 deaths per million in the population per week.

This also places Germany far above the EU average of around 7.5 deaths per million inhabitants in the last week.

Only the UK and the four EU countries - Sweden, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Portugal - are worse affected. The UK recorded the most deaths, or a seven day incidence of 23.1.

Germany currently has a fatality rate of 2.2 percent for all coronavirus cases, compared to 1.7 percent in the US, according to data published at the beginning of the week.

https://www.thelocal.de/20210114/in-numbers-does-germany-have-a-higher-coronavirus-death-rate-than-the-us

Frightening stuff
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We can only leave the house between 5am and 8pm (except for work etc. Not for shopping). Only 'essential' shops (groceries, chemists etc) are open. Some places are restricting travel to 15km (once again, excluding work etc)

And yet, on the way home from work yesterday, I still saw idiots without masks drinking on the train in massive groups
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The decline of America continues... Are we even #1 in anything anymore?

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teepan95 posted...

We can only leave the house between 5am and 8pm (except for work etc. Not for shopping). Only 'essential' shops (groceries, chemists etc) are open. Some places are restricting travel to 15km (once again, excluding work etc)

And yet, on the way home from work yesterday, I still saw idiots without masks drinking on the train in massive groups

teepan95 posted...

We can only leave the house between 5am and 8pm (except for work etc. Not for shopping). Only 'essential' shops (groceries, chemists etc) are open. Some places are restricting travel to 15km (once again, excluding work etc)

And yet, on the way home from work yesterday, I still saw idiots without masks drinking on the train in massive groups

chemists? Like potions and stuff?


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shockthemonkey posted...

I think its pharmacies

oh.
chemist sounds much more cool

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shockthemonkey posted...

teepan95 posted...

We can only leave the house between 5am and 8pm (except for work etc. Not for shopping). Only 'essential' shops (groceries, chemists etc) are open. Some places are restricting travel to 15km (once again, excluding work etc)

And yet, on the way home from work yesterday, I still saw idiots without masks drinking on the train in massive groups

This is all so depressing

It is. I get that's it's necessary and I plan to abide by it. But it is draining

shockthemonkey posted...

SPE posted...

chemists? Like potions and stuff?

I think its pharmacies

Pharmacies but also drugstores. Where you don't need prescriptions
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I find this title misleading, as this is about deaths per capita per week, currently, as opposed to total.

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Choco posted...

I find this title misleading, as this is about deaths per capita per week, currently, as opposed to total.

Too late to change it now

shockthemonkey posted...

teepan95 posted...

Pharmacies but also drugstores. Where you don't need prescriptions

In the US those are generally the same place still, pharmacy and drug store are essentially interchangeable.

Ahh, gotcha
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