“In general, countries that test less and reserve it for those already very ill, like Italy, have higher fatality rates.” https://nytimes.com/2020/03/28/opinion/germany-coronavirus.html…
Italy tests the hospitalized. “And many more young people in Germany have tested positive for the virus than in other countries. In part, that’s attributable to the country’s more extensive testing.” And then you compare death rates? What did I miss?
Absolute death rates per capita. Rate of positives as an artifact of greater testing, and naive fatality rate are both irrelevant. High testing incidence is a sign of longer period in test-and-trace containment phase, so the conclusion that Germany is doing better is well founded
“That’s a fatality rate of 0.72 percent. By contrast, the current rate in Italy — where over 10,000 people have died — is 10.8 percent. In Spain, it’s 8 percent. Over twice as many people have died in Britain, where there are around three times fewer cases, than in Germany.”
What would be actually useful now is a sense of mortality rate increases by surge condition state. At like 2x, 3x etc. Presumably the longer you’re in the ventilator queue the less likely you are to get one before you die.
I've become point person to identify and provide rides to counties/states with low case loads. I appointed myself. Told 2 people. But be assured, I'm taking this very seriously.