Always remember the Golden Rule of international comparisons: the most common explanation for a difference between two places is to do with DATA COLLECTION
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And those are just the top-line statements! The true divergence between the recording across healthcare systems can be massive, because everything from death certificates to doctors' training differs
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We've all ignored these differences during COVID-19, because taking them into account is...hard But that doesn't mean that they have gone away
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Everything from case numbers to deaths is filtered through wildly divergent systems, so when you compare two places on their COVID-19 response it's good to keep in mind that any differences might just be down to how they record their information
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That's a commonly stated stat. The difference between 42 days and 365 days does seem quite large.
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