Good News - Bad News

 

Source:  https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

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We have Good News and Bad News about Covid. Sort of.

My table below:

As of Dec 15, 2020	USA	World	US Percent
Population	328,000,000	6,800,000,000	5%
Total Covid Deaths	303,968	1,680,000	18%
Total Covid Cases	16,800,000	73,000,000	23%
New Deaths Dec 15	2,957	13,228	22%
New Cases Dec 15	201,649	611,749	33%

The Bad News

The USA, affluent and well educated and with some of the best health care in the world, has a much higher percent of Covid cases and deaths than our percent of the world population.

The Good News

The world is not in as bad a shape as the USA.

Why?  Lots of reasons, but In my judgement inept leadership is near the top.

Data Sources:  New York Times, US Census