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>> Only vs. China, Iran and Italy.

> What are you on about? We have fewer deaths than far more countries than that

You edited out the second sentence. The full quote is:

Only vs. China, Iran and Italy. We're within a factor of two (that is, about 5-6 days) of everyone else.

which is accurate.




Again not even close, France for instance has a death rate 10x ours per capita, that's gonna take way more than 5-6 days.

The statement is inaccurate any way you slice it. Why use incomplete information when more is available?


He didn't say per capita.

The statement was accurate. It may not be a useful metric, but it was an accurate one.


> He didn't say per capita.

But it's also not the case when looking only at absolute numbers either. I would also argue that per capita is implied because it's the only way you can really make that comparison.




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