if German ICUs are the explanation, there will be a lot of deaths in the UK
Greg
>
>
> Italian tests are counted here (tamponi):
>
> https://lab24.ilsole24ore.com/coronavirus/
>
> This amounts to about 300,000. That explains something, but not the whole
> difference.
>
>
>
> Actually in a different place on that site the exact number is given as
> 394,079. Not that much behind Germany (although they started much earlier,
> so did it slower). Germany may be leading but Italy isn't that bad
> compared to the rest of the world either when it comes to testing.
>
>
> I forgot to mention another thing. The Northern Italian health system has
> one of the best reputations in Europe, so bad standards of general health
> care are probably not a reason, however the Germans have far more ICUs
> than anywhere else in Europe, and Italy doesn't/didn't have that many of
> them.
>
> Christian
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