and ending its operation at Gatwick airport as airlines struggle to cope with the dramatic drop in global travel. Pilots' union Balpa described the"bombshell" as"devastating".Sir Patrick Vallance has told MPs assessing the coronavirus response
that it would have been"beneficial" to have ramped up Covid-19 testing quicker. The UK decided to test only patients in hospitals, care homes and prisons on 12 March. It wasn't until 2 April that it announced a target of carrying out 100,000 tests a day in England by the end of that month, after its strategy came under fire.
Can not compare everywhere do overcrowded
Surely there must be a medal or trophy for coming first ? 🏆🏅
The true figure for all countries would be all deaths compared to a 5 year average.
If it’s largely about social distancing then landmass per capita of each country is also a factor. France 9skm per person, Italy 5 uk 4, Germany 4. This, and the way people are distributed within that space, and overall number of people are just some of the many factors.
No. Too many variables. The press has done their damndest to compare the US with S Korea. I haven't seen even population adjustment. Trump is a worldwide joke. The press should keep it fair. Except FOX of course
Never gonna pay again
No you can’t, so why are you banging on about it ?
No need to compare countries. The Government have done a shit job from the start and that’s what counts.
Yes the UK health system is among the worst. Even worse than lots developing country especially the basic medical treatment. Except it is free. But free means low efficient. No matter how much we pour in this NHS hole it will never getting better
Yes you can the government are saying about a fair comparison cause they are going to come out with some rubbish to justify the death rate in the UK its down to the numbers the higher the number the worse that you have done Matt Hand-Cock wants people 2 say he has done a good job
The important number is the dead per million where France, Belgium, Italy and Spain are much worse off than UK. As usual, you are fake news BBC.
Ben-Israel, - analyzed global coronavirus statistics - COVID-19 outbreak peaks after 40 days declines to almost zero after 70 days. This pattern is common in countries that have taken a severe lockdown as well as to countries that implemented a far more lenient policy ...,,.,
You can bet your bottom dollar the government would be if we had the lowest death rates.
Good news nobody is dying of the flu!
Delayed lockdown and now pressure for an early reopening. Based on the projected deaths of 20,000 - we are nearing 50% more. What's the cost of those lifes - can we quantify the loss or do we need the statistics to speak louder before we see life itself as our common denominator.
Why not take boris and matt to task, they tell us the peaks over but over 600+ deaths today, they tell us they will test 100,000 a day but only by fudging numbers they hit it on the day and numbers way lower since.
So it was OK to report when Italy had the highest death rate but as soon as it’s the U.K. let’s question if we can compare between countries 🤷♂️
I can’t help thinking that the UK is the only country being truthful about their Covid19 statistics
We should relax lockdown that'll work to sort that pesky death toll....right scooby!!!! 😂😂😂
Don't forget we had 3-4 weeks of warning from China and Italy. Boris chose herd immunity rather than test test test.
Apples and pears. But gutter media don’t care...
Uk has the highest population density per sq km than others. We are 37% more than Italy, 200% more than Spain and 164% more than France. So given the way the virus spreads, this needs to be taken into account
disgusting
Given the fact that Germany's figures are totally fake, as pointed out by the Heinsberg Study. Then no you cannot compare.
Just goes to show we’re still dirty little feckers.
Yes, yes you can. How long is the BBC going to be the cheerleaders for an ineffective government who are following a herd mentality and placing money over people. StayHomeSaveLifes
In many countries, it's said that there are Covid-19 patients among ppl who died from pneumonia and not tested. The percentages are unknown.
Of course not. What ever happened to measuring like with like?
If everyone stayed in it would of helped!
No you can’t so I don’t know why you keep comparing regardless.
No but the BBC will
Well you certainly can’t
Ridiculous to make international comparisons, the absolute number and trend is what matters for now
They have been showing us that graph with different countries on for weeks but now they say we mustn't draw any comparisons with other countries?🤔
Contagious diseases spread in overpopulated cities?
Stupid English qunts.
0.04% of the UK population and based on an RT-PCR (up to 80% false positives) test that is less accurate than a coin toss. A ‘Pandemic’ right enough.
Still better than the 500,000 death predicted if we did nothing.
No you lie other country’s do not rake the Care homes I. There fig due to no data fir any provision to collect . So you are wrong in stating we are the worse and trying tospear our elected gov
Read this!!!
No of course not
No. They are all lying and haven’t got accurate figures. But even with all that the UK is still able to have the worst total so things here are pretty horrific.
Well when you just put Covid on the death certificates without testing you can artificially make it as big as you damn well please ;)
Nope
What’s wrong with that . GO COMPARE !
No, definitely not. This is opportunism at it's very worst.
Isnt that an oxymoron of a headline If you don't know its a fair comparison how can the death toll be considered the highest
Dah tuna ndugu zetu huko mbn mnatutisha? 😤😤😤
It's absolutely impossible to compare the number of deaths from CV as there's no international standard for recording deaths.
No because they all talk bull shit
It isn’t. Why do you keep repeating this known lie ?
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