(05-09-2021, 07:09 AM)eppie Wrote:(05-08-2021, 03:42 PM)Jester Wrote:(05-08-2021, 09:11 AM)eppie Wrote: -when looking at numbers care has to be taken. India and Brazil are not on top in the world with regards to deaths per million inhabitants.
This is not correct, at least not at the moment. In terms of deaths per million at the moment, Brazil is very high (about 11 per million per day, or something like 2,500 deaths per day) only exceeded by its neighbours in the southern cone of South America. (This is likely a seasonal thing, as they are just entering into their winter, whereas most countries in the north are just coming up on summer.) India is lower, but still has now exceeded the United States at 3 per million per day, or about 4,000 deaths per day, though the pandemic is only just getting started there.
-Jester
HI Jester,
I meant total casualties per million since the beginning of the pandemic.
The pandemic is ongoing. Why would this be something to keep in mind? All this will track is where it hit first. When all is said and done, Brazil and India will have hundreds of thousands, if not millions of deaths, unless something rather surprising happens. Brazil is already 2nd highest cumulative deaths-per-million, and will no doubt overtake Italy shortly. India likely will not, but even a "modest" death toll is millions of dead people.
-Jester