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Originally Posted by queasy27
Using the OP's logic, I suppose it stands to reason that the country with the highest number of infections indicates how well that country's administration has handled the crisis.
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That's a valid question which we can explore by looking at the data. I look at confirmed deaths per million inhabitants for comparison.
Belgium 470
Spain 428
Italy 384
France 296
United Kingdom 227
Netherlands 210
Sweden 149
USA 117
China data is a joke, it's estimated that 40,000 died in Wuhan alone.
Confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people - Our World in Data
So we're doing better than a lot of advanced western societies with similar levels of international travel visitors.. We know the virus spread from China via air travel, so you can also look at that data.
Countries with highest tourism per year.
France 89 million
Spain 83
USA 80
China 63
Italy 62
The World's Most Visited Countries - WorldAtlas.com
We can drop China from the list as the virus originated and spread from there. So it's no wonder that the countries hardest hit are also the most visited. Too bad China did not shut down Wuhan until after 7 million got the heck out of dodge and spread the virus all over the world.
How the Virus Got Out - The New York Times
how the virus spread nyt - Bing video