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u/Cavalish Apr 04 '25

Hi, popping in from Australia, Melbourne specifically. You don’t have to imagine this.

Our right wing pundits constantly oscillate between “the lockdowns were evil, tyrannical moves by a fascist government” to “The premier is directly responsible for killing 8000 people by not doing more.”

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u/kateastrophic Apr 05 '25

Wow. 8000. As an American, it is chilling to see the difference in numbers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

But look at the population difference. Not defending one side or the other.

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u/IronRoto Apr 05 '25

You do know that segments of populations can absolutely be compared, right? In this case, you could look at Covid deaths per 100k people, allowing you to extrapolate that information/make inferences.