France enters another lock down

[Zinjanthropos]

I don’t think Canada’s death rate is any worse than other places.

https://epidemic-stats.com/ think it's 2.7% right up with the UK and the other bad boys. (only 1.7% in the US).

In the US is it the same guys who count Republican votes who calculate death rates? Is there a global criteria for what constitutes a COVID death?

[Syne]

Canada being less populous and having a much lower population density likely plays a significant role in how it's fared.

It probably isn't an accident that the most pro-China politicians in the West are also the most pro-lockdown.

Obviously giving free healthcare to the great unwashed is 'lefty' and you could argue (I wouldn't) that lefty=Sinophile hence Sinophiles have more lockdowns. Seems a bit tenuous to me.

Where did Yaz mention free healthcare?
Leftists love China because they share common cause with communist ideals. Pretty simple.
No idea why you'd interject healthcare, as lockdowns are not synonymous with free healthcare.

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I don’t think Canada’s death rate is any worse than other places.

https://epidemic-stats.com/ think it's 2.7% right up with the UK and the other bad boys. (only 1.7% in the US).

Those are meaningless stats, as that death rate is out of the number infected, which in turn is highly dependent upon the rate of testing, false positives, etc.. If the US tests more people, it will seem to have a lower death rate.

The meaningful stat is death per million of population, in which the UK is 10th highest, the US is 14th, and Canada is 52nd: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Granted, due to differences in population density, that's not even an apples to apples comparison.