U.S. Has Far Higher Covid Death Rate Than Other Wealthy Countries

nytimes.com

5 pointspseudolus3 comments

Do we share all the same definitions?

No, that makes it harder to compare but that's why we usually focus on excess deaths.

I wonder how obesity plays a role here. The US has 36% obesity compared to <25% for most of Europe. https://obesity.procon.org/global-obesity-levels/

US has higher diabetes related deaths too.

And much higher accident and violence rates but I think this is not relevant here or maybe it is.