Covid-19 statistics, U.S. and western europe.

VIRUS DEATHS UNIFORM FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

VIRUS IS NOT LIKELY TO BE CONTROLLED BY HUMAN ACTION 

Much has been made of the different approaches in combating the spread of the Covid-19 Virus. It seems that it has spread pretty much the same with or without government action. It does seem the most that can be done is what we were told early on, masks, handwashing and distancing.

below is the deaths per million for the U.S. and the major western european countries.

United States            1044

UK                            1051

France                         981

Italy                          1209

Spain                        1079

Belgium                   1667

Germany                    386

Germany seems to be the only country that stands out, but it would require a closer study to see how they count their deaths. 

Sweden which was often castigated for not following the accepted shut downs, has a rate of  837. 

So, I would say that the results are pretty uniform, even though most of these countries have some sort of universal healthcare. I would hope they would have believable reporting standards, etc. The virus will eventually run its course and immunity may be speeded up by the introduction of vaccines. Until then we are mostly powerless to have much effect on the results.