Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
I'm sick to the teeth of this sh*t so forgive me for not watching the link, but one thing that the Govt. said yesterday is how different [European] Countries report deaths - they all have different extant systems in place. Belgium and Germany have completely different criteria, and listening to the Radio yesterday some statistics expert was saying there's a 2 month 'lag' in how most other countries report deaths compared to UK - something along the lines of other countries haven't recorded all CV deaths up-to-date.

Anyway, what I'm saying is ignore the numbers, just because country A has fewer deaths/death rate it doesn't necessarily mean they've done 'better' at containing it. By all means hold the Govt. to account, I agree, but there are lots of factors that just haven't been factored in yet.
One thing I think we can agree is that we've exceeded the 21 deaths in New Zealand (another island nation with time to prepare for what was coming, although similarities may stop there) and the 20,000 figure the UK government set out as a benchmark for a "good result". The Times today, apparently, suggesting it's likely to be above 50,000 now in the UK.

Will re-post your second point because I've become a bit distracted by numbers.

"Anyway, what I'm saying is ignore the numbers, just because country A has fewer deaths/death rate it doesn't necessarily mean they've done 'better' at containing it. By all means hold the Govt. to account, I agree, but there are lots of factors that just haven't been factored in yet."