by Constantin Gurdgiev, TrueEconomics.Blogspot.in
This is an update of an article published two days ago. The U.S. has surpassed the EU27 in the absolute number of deaths related to COVID19 and continues to pull away from EU27. This is even more serious when one recognizes that the EU27 has a population more than 1/3 larger than the U.S.
U.S. vs EU27 in absolute number of cases and deaths
The U.S. is now significantly divergent from the EU27 in death rates per capita, both in terms of the actual rates and the rates of growth:
EU27 vs U.S. in per capita deaths
Notably, the EU appears to have virtually arrested the growth rate in deaths per capita, while the U.S. is experiencing relatively persistent growth in the deaths per capita. However, perhaps the most damning evidence of the systemic U.S. failure to deal with the pandemic is the simple fact that the U.S. excess total deaths (even without adjusting for timing lags and population size differences) continue to race ahead of the EU27.
Distance between EU27 and the U.S. in deaths per capita
Daily new cases and daily deaths counts confirm the above conclusions:
Daily New Cases and Deaths
Recent COVID19 newsflow:
This article appeared at True Economics 22 July 2020.
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