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Originally Posted by Kizzy
Sorry it was Switzerland! They have a really high infection rate one of the highest, and yet as of the 27th only 231 deaths.
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GDP per capita. They're rich and thus healthy.
For some actual figures; Switzerland has a GDPPC of over 80,000 USD.
For comparison, the UK's is around 40k, Germany 45k and those are high for Europe.
Italy's is 32k and Spain is 28k. In other words, the average person in Switzerland is nearly 3x richer than the average person in Spain.
And that affects basically everything. Lifestyle, healthcare, diet, smoking rates (poorer people smoke more and eat cheap) ...
Death percentages will roughly correlate with population wealth everywhere, that's why developing nations are going to be hit very, very hard when it reaches them. Places in Africa most of South America will see big death rates.
Tl;dr it's because of money. But isn't everything, always?
[edit] Just figure checking and Switzerland is has the second highest GDP in the world by a considerable margin after only Luxembourg which barely counts because its so tiny. Per person it's essentially the wealthiest country in the world.