CoronaVirus Scanner

[Jesse]

This is the best one I've found thus far if you are interested.

https://corona-scanner.com/

[SBI_Patience]

I think this one is good. But of course, the one for the United Kingdom is far from accurate imo. People in the UK have definitely recovered from it but it isn't tracked. It was in the beginning though.

[Jesse]

Oh yeah. that's gotta be a glitch, I'm sure you have recoveries in the UK

[odeon]

Not impressed. They don't provide their sources properly, nor the methods those sources use, which means that what's presented is not an accurate overview. Most health authorities update their numbers once a day and there is always a lag, especially with the number of deaths, plus the testing is inadequate, etc, and so the "live updates" thing is merely a gimmick that doesn't mean anything.

If the world doesn't ramp up testing pretty much all of these sites will be meaningless.

[FourAceDeal]

The US is only a few days away from Corona killing as many Americans as World War I, The Vietnam War and The Korean War combined.  All in 7 months.  Or in simpler figures, half a World War II.

[Jack]

The US is only a few days away from Corona killing as many Americans as World War I, The Vietnam War and The Korean War combined.  All in 7 months.  Or in simpler figures, half a World War II.

While the UK ranks fourth in the world with deaths per million almost equal to Spain.

[odeon]

Some bleach should fix it.

[FourAceDeal]

The US is only a few days away from Corona killing as many Americans as World War I, The Vietnam War and The Korean War combined.  All in 7 months.  Or in simpler figures, half a World War II.

While the UK ranks fourth in the world with deaths per million almost equal to Spain.

I wasn't starting a competition.  I guess I was silently asking why the fuck your current government are treating it like it's not really happening. 

But I'll play the comparison game if you really want to.

[Jack]

The US is only a few days away from Corona killing as many Americans as World War I, The Vietnam War and The Korean War combined.  All in 7 months.  Or in simpler figures, half a World War II.

While the UK ranks fourth in the world with deaths per million almost equal to Spain.

I wasn't starting a competition.  I guess I was silently asking why the fuck your current government are treating it like it's not really happening. 

But I'll play the comparison game if you really want to.

wasn't thinking it was a competition, though do think we've discussed it before. Maybe was silently wondering if fixating on the US makes the situation in other places seem better.

[Gopher Gary]

But I'll play the comparison game if you really want to.

I'll play.    Did you know Americans are a gazillion times more likely to die of gopher rabies than they are to die from egg cups? 

[FourAceDeal]

The US is only a few days away from Corona killing as many Americans as World War I, The Vietnam War and The Korean War combined.  All in 7 months.  Or in simpler figures, half a World War II.

While the UK ranks fourth in the world with deaths per million almost equal to Spain.

I wasn't starting a competition.  I guess I was silently asking why the fuck your current government are treating it like it's not really happening. 

But I'll play the comparison game if you really want to.

wasn't thinking it was a competition, though do think we've discussed it before. Maybe was silently wondering if fixating on the US makes the situation in other places seem better.

Perhaps there is something in what you say.  People do like to point at others misfortune and think that although things are personally bad, they're not quite THAT bad.

My mindset was just looking at the big numbers and thinking WTF?  Trump and his zombie horde are still ignoring this.  There are people who are still brushing it off as just another flu bug.  I thought quantifying it in brutal units like wars put it in perspective. 

If we are to do a comparison, Britain has so far lost one "The Blitz", plus two "D-Days".

[FourAceDeal]

Note:  For our Australian posters:

(1 x Blitz) + (2 x DDay) = 1 x Gallipoli

[Jack]

The US is only a few days away from Corona killing as many Americans as World War I, The Vietnam War and The Korean War combined.  All in 7 months.  Or in simpler figures, half a World War II.

While the UK ranks fourth in the world with deaths per million almost equal to Spain.

I wasn't starting a competition.  I guess I was silently asking why the fuck your current government are treating it like it's not really happening. 

But I'll play the comparison game if you really want to.

wasn't thinking it was a competition, though do think we've discussed it before. Maybe was silently wondering if fixating on the US makes the situation in other places seem better.

Perhaps there is something in what you say.  People do like to point at others misfortune and think that although things are personally bad, they're not quite THAT bad.

My mindset was just looking at the big numbers and thinking WTF?  Trump and his zombie horde are still ignoring this.  There are people who are still brushing it off as just another flu bug.  I thought quantifying it in brutal units like wars put it in perspective. 

If we are to do a comparison, Britain has so far lost one "The Blitz", plus two "D-Days".

Personally think the world has been thrust into a grieving process. Denial, anger, bargaining and depression, are as natural as acceptance.  That US political leaders of every variety appear to seek to capitalize on each aspect of this is as expected as people's reactions.

[odeon]

The US is only a few days away from Corona killing as many Americans as World War I, The Vietnam War and The Korean War combined.  All in 7 months.  Or in simpler figures, half a World War II.

While the UK ranks fourth in the world with deaths per million almost equal to Spain.

I wasn't starting a competition.  I guess I was silently asking why the fuck your current government are treating it like it's not really happening. 

But I'll play the comparison game if you really want to.

wasn't thinking it was a competition, though do think we've discussed it before. Maybe was silently wondering if fixating on the US makes the situation in other places seem better.

Nope, it doesn't. We're just watching the train wreck that is Trump, wondering how he is allowed to continue.

[Jack]

Back on topic. Trackers can be frustrating to discuss when not accompanied by any level of analysis, along with reporting delays and public discussion of inaccurate and/or insufficient testing, and/or reporting. Enough time has passed to allow a different approach to viewing mortality via excess mortality. For those who might find it of interest, https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores?year=earliest&time=2020-01-05..2020-08-16 The link is very user friendly, allowing to add and remove countries within the data set, setting date ranges, while accommodating for chart, map, and table views.