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| Why the World's Highest Virus Death Rate Is in Europe's Capital |
| 2020-04-28 |
| [Bloomberg] Despite having only 11 million people, the country has reported more deaths from the disease than China. With some 57 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, it has the highest per-capita death rate in the world -- almost four times that of the U.S.... |
| Posted by:Clem |
| #4 A few minutes before #3, I commented that the current numbers for Belgium from world o meter were 63 point 3 per hundred thousand. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-04-28 09:55 |
| #3 About 95% of Covid-19 deaths in elderly care homes haven’t been diagnosed, yet Belgium makes the decision to register them based on the symptoms shown and who the people have been in contact with. The goal is to get a clearer picture of the outbreak and better target hot spots. That might explain it, whether you think it's a good idea or nay. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-04-28 09:51 |
| #2 almost four times that of the U.S. Wait, I was told the US was the worst because of Orange Man bad. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-04-28 09:02 |
| #1 And didn't the Belgians (Walloons?) originally call the Spanish Flu the Flemish Flu? |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-28 08:31 |