Originally Posted by Steve Redgwell


I suspect that you do not trust any organization's statistics, but a higher percentage of Americans are dying of COVID than are dying here*. 743,000 deaths in a population of 333 million vs 28,000 in a population of 38 million. After 18 months, it suggests that we may be handling it better. I doubt that the Canadian reaction will reach the level of anger seen in the US.

Just a wild ass uneducated guess here but the US with near 10 times higher population density on a smaller land mass would mean much more elbow rubbing contact among people. Would that not translate to a much higher occurrence of virus transmission and rapid spread.

Last edited by bushrat; 10/16/21.