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davekriss

(4,659 posts) Fri Mar 6, 2020, 06:56 PM Mar 2020

If our healthcare system is the greatest in the world... [View all]

...then why do we have the highest COVID-19 death rate amongst all nations with with more than 3 confirmed cases?

Ours is 5.4%. The next closest is San Marino at 4.8%.

https://covid19info.live/

(My theory is that we have a lot more infections than the 260 shown now. Probably more like 500-600. But if we don’t test ya’ll, how would anybody know?)

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If our healthcare system is the greatest in the world... [View all] davekriss Mar 2020 OP

Part of the problem is the lack of testing alarimer Mar 2020 #1

He's too stupid to understand the basic math. cos dem Mar 2020 #7

Because we do not have a healthcare system. Other countries do. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #2

A bogus capitalist bandaid - we have the nerve to call health care. magicarpet Mar 2020 #4

Deleted pat_k Mar 2020 #3

Our healthcare system. Caliman73 Mar 2020 #5

The only thing this country is #1 in is warmongering all over the globe. SamKnause Mar 2020 #6

I think we will eventually understand the statistics Steelrolled Mar 2020 #8