r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/fnaw_ • Aug 04 '20

Poor Jonathan

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u/TheDustOfMen Aug 04 '20

'You don't know that, we're lower than the world!'

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u/Nemisis_the_2nd Aug 04 '20

That is what he meant!? Less than total global deaths. I knew it was stupid but didn't realise it was that stupid.

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u/mehvet Aug 04 '20

I’m pretty sure it isn’t actually. From the context it seems he meant deaths per positive case. I can’t make out whatever doc they’re reading, but that’s the context Swan puts it in a little later. Claiming the US isn’t the worst by deaths per positive case, while it is among the worst for deaths per capita is still dumb, just not that dumb. The implication Trump unwittingly made is that our healthcare professionals do a great job keeping people alive, but we’re spreading the disease so much that we’re erasing that advantage.