▲ 584 ▼ Political discourse (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by trek32@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] trek32@lemmy.world [S] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children) For the fact checkers https://www.bbc.com/news/61333847 According to the WHO, in 2020 and 2021 the US recorded more than 930,000 excess deaths, behind India (4.7m), Russia (1.1m) and Indonesia (1m). permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (3 children) Since the meme mentions rate, rather than total deaths, this graphic from that article is probably more relevant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago Mexico is smarter than republican America permalink fedilink source parent [–] forrcaho@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is an informative chart that definitely contributes to the discussion. Without any clue where it comes from, though, I have no way to gauge its credibility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago According to the article that this graphic came from, it’s from Johns Hopkins University, data as of 4 May. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago I'm curious on how that translates in population density? The US is (on average) a fair bit lower in density compared to other countries, and still had atrocious numbers for Covid permalink fedilink source parent [–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago Do those three countries count as developed? The author could be relying on that qualifier. As a U.S. citizen, I would rather be compared to places like France, Germany, Japan, etc. than them (no offense ment, but we're talking about aspirations). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (3 children) Since the meme mentions rate, rather than total deaths, this graphic from that article is probably more relevant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago Mexico is smarter than republican America permalink fedilink source parent [–] forrcaho@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is an informative chart that definitely contributes to the discussion. Without any clue where it comes from, though, I have no way to gauge its credibility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago According to the article that this graphic came from, it’s from Johns Hopkins University, data as of 4 May. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago I'm curious on how that translates in population density? The US is (on average) a fair bit lower in density compared to other countries, and still had atrocious numbers for Covid permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago Mexico is smarter than republican America permalink fedilink source parent
[–] forrcaho@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is an informative chart that definitely contributes to the discussion. Without any clue where it comes from, though, I have no way to gauge its credibility. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago According to the article that this graphic came from, it’s from Johns Hopkins University, data as of 4 May. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago According to the article that this graphic came from, it’s from Johns Hopkins University, data as of 4 May. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago I'm curious on how that translates in population density? The US is (on average) a fair bit lower in density compared to other countries, and still had atrocious numbers for Covid permalink fedilink source parent
[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago Do those three countries count as developed? The author could be relying on that qualifier. As a U.S. citizen, I would rather be compared to places like France, Germany, Japan, etc. than them (no offense ment, but we're talking about aspirations). permalink fedilink source parent
