MORTALITY NUMBERS FOR 5 LARGEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
The combined deaths for the 5 largest European countries is 99,522. These five countries have a combined population of around 325 million, comparable to the United States. These countries are Germany, UK, Italy, France and Spain.
The total numbers for the United States as of today is 55,415. The numbers in both areas are still growing and can probably be expected to rise for at least the next 30 days.
Germany has done the best at controlling this outbreak with a rate of 71 deaths per million.
The United states has 167 deaths per million.
The remaining countries range from 305 in UK to 496 per million in Spain.
Sweden which has not done a lock down or closed schools has 2194 deaths and a rate of 217 per million. They have engaged in distancing.
Hopefully environmental conditions will diminish the cases beginning in June. Then things may be slower until the fall when it is likely to become a problem again. If distancing is practiced and testing and tracing ramped up, we will likely be able to manage things much better.
Hopefully a vaccine will be available by early 2021, until then we will have to adjust to live with the virus as a continued threat.
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