[Ammi]

...I don’t understand, this one says USA...U.K. 5th...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...de-by-country/

[Ammi]

...so Spain isn’t in the top 30 at all with the first one...

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I don’t understand, this one says USA...U.K. 5th...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...de-by-country/

That’s the cumulative number of deaths which isn’t the same as the death rate

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I don’t understand, this one says USA...U.K. 5th...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...de-by-country/

Smithys one is per capita, your one is just total deaths I think?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Smithy

That’s the cumulative number of deaths which isn’t the same as the death rate

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Smithys one is per capita, your one is just total deaths I think?

...oh ok, really wow...we’re an island and in theory we could have been COVID free because of that, if the government had acted in the beginning to close down travel...to make some errors is excusable ...but to have the worst death rate...?...is just an horrendous reflection of their action and inaction...

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I don’t understand, this one says USA...U.K. 5th...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...de-by-country/

I think the OP is slightly misleading; this figure doesn't represent the full length of the pandemic, it is the number of deaths per million population in the last 7 days only... thus, places that are currently in a "dip" in the infection cycle will be low on the list, those currently "peaking" will be high, and the list order will change constantly over time.

As different countries are in different phases at different times... to be honest it's a bit of a meaningless stat. You can only really compare two countries if you compare the numbers for both at peak, which will not be in the same snapshot of time.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I think the OP is slightly misleading; this figure doesn't represent the full length of the pandemic, it is the number of deaths per million population in the last 7 days only... thus, places that are currently in a "dip" in the infection cycle will be low on the list, those currently "peaking" will be high, and the list order will change constantly over time.

As different countries are in different phases at different times... to be honest it's a bit of a meaningless stat. You can only really compare two countries if you compare the numbers for both at peak, which will not be in the same snapshot of time.

...oh ok again......but surely we should never be or have been the worst at any point in time, though...

[bots]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...oh ok again......but surely we should never be or have been the worst at any point in time, though...

it's been reported all over the world that we have a new variant here that has spiked the infection rate and forced us in to lockdown. With a spiking infection rate, the death rate goes up, thats a fact, and as we are approaching or at the peak infection rate now ... we are going to be the highest death rate at this point in time. It's the same old story that has been present since the beginning of the pandemic. Manipulated statistics to push a narrative

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's been reported all over the world that we have a new variant here that has spiked the infection rate and forced us in to lockdown. With a spiking infection rate, the death rate goes up, thats a fact, and as we are approaching or at the peak infection rate now ... we are going to be the highest death rate at this point in time. It's the same old story that has been present since the beginning of the pandemic. Manipulated statistics to push a narrative

And using death to do so....

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...oh ok again......but surely we should never be or have been the worst at any point in time, though...

No we shouldn't.
I'll not try to make any excusing for this government on covid, sorry.
No way will I.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I think the OP is slightly misleading; this figure doesn't represent the full length of the pandemic, it is the number of deaths per million population in the last 7 days only... thus, places that are currently in a "dip" in the infection cycle will be low on the list, those currently "peaking" will be high, and the list order will change constantly over time.

As different countries are in different phases at different times... to be honest it's a bit of a meaningless stat. You can only really compare two countries if you compare the numbers for both at peak, which will not be in the same snapshot of time.

Was coming in to say this, we're currently at the very peak of what's been a pretty horrendous spike in infections so it's no surprise really

I highly doubt it will still be the case in a months time when lockdown will have brought rates down quite a bit

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Was coming in to say this, we're currently at the very peak of what's been a pretty horrendous spike in infections so it's no surprise really

I highly doubt it will still be the case in a months time when lockdown will have brought rates down quite a bit

5th worst death toll in the world, but whatever makes you feel better about trying to downplay this absolute **** show I guess matt

[MTVN]

Charming. There's lot of metrics you could point to to show how badly the pandemic has hit the UK, just saying that this isn't one of them

[Braden]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Charming. There's lot of metrics you could point to to show how badly the pandemic has hit the UK, just saying that this isn't one of them

Totally agree.