They certainly do have it "contained" in New Zealand. They shut the whole island nation down six months ago. No one can get in, and no one can get out. Air New Zealand no longer flies internationally. It's cut off from the world. Just sitting there in the middle of the ocean awaiting a vaccine. Tick, tick, tick...
The New Zealand route is not an option for us, nor is it an option for most nations. Nor should it be for how non-lethal this virus is, especially for healthy and young people. In my opinion, of course.
I dunno. Europe is a disaster right now. The USA has 330 Million people and today we had 795 deaths. France has only 60 Million people, and today they had 506 deaths.
The death rate per 1 Million people is quite telling, using some of the countries you used to compare to the USA:
USA = 772 Deaths Per 1 Million, 2.19% Confirmed Case Fatality Rate
Mexico = 783 Deaths Per 1 Million, 9.79% Confirmed Case Fatality Rate
United Kingdom = 787 Deaths Per 1 Million, 3.75% Confirmed Case Fatality Rate
Spain = 882 Deaths Per 1 Million, 2.71% Confirmed Case Fatality Rate
Belgium = 1,227 Deaths Per 1 Million, 2.72% Confirmed Case Fatality Rate
China, as much as you can trust any data coming out of
Communist China, has a confirmed case fatality rate of 5.37%. They have only conducted
160 Million Covid tests for 1.3 Billion people, compared to the USA that has conducted
170 Million Covid tests for 328 Million people. The USA confirmed case fatality rate of 2.19% is less than half of China's.
And you think Communist China and those official stats from the Politburo are something to emulate and admire?
The one country you referenced that I think is worth noting in a good way is Canada. They have a death rate and transmission that is notably lower than the USA, although their weak testing and higher fatality rate is a tad embarassing to their "
free!" socialized medicine up there.
USA... = 772 Deaths Per 1 Million, 170.1 Million Tests or 52.1% of Population, Confirmed Case Fatality Rate 2.19%
Canada = 298 Deaths Per 1 Million, 10.7 Million Tests or 28.6% of Population, Confirmed Case Fatality Rate 3.65%
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