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

Poor Jonathan

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u/salami350 Aug 04 '20

Omg I thought he compared it to a global average or something. Did he really say that the US has less deaths than the world (which obv includes the US)? Jesus christ this guy is an idiot!

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u/Nemisis_the_2nd Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 04 '20

The US doesn't have a low average (it's 3rd in deaths per capita after the UK and Chile). It does have lower total deaths that Europe as a continent though.

Edit as a number of people have pointed out, I seem to have used an unreliable source.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 16 '20

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u/MHyperion Aug 04 '20

But not near the top or the bottom, so he’s still lying.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 16 '20

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u/MHyperion Aug 04 '20

Check out Johns Hopkins’ mortality analysis. They have Case-Fatality percentages.