To: Bonefish who wrote (1284646 ) 12/22/2020 11:33:15 PM From: pocotrader Respond to The Best and Worst Places to Be in Covid: U.S. Sinks in Ranking Rachel Chang , Jinshan Hong and Kevin Varley crunch the numbers to get a snapshot of where the virus is being handled the most effectively with the least social and economic disruption.Japan —No. 2 in November—Korea and Sweden have all fallen in the Ranking as people’s migration indoors fuels the virus’s spread, putting pressure on their long-standing strategies of suppressing the pathogen with minimal disruption. Lauded for its early focus on testing and cutting-edge contact tracing, Korea is trying to avoid imposing its toughest curbs yet. 1 – New Zealand 85.6 2 0% 5 0.1% 246.8% 2 ?1 Taiwan 82.4 1 0% 0 0.7% 26.2% 3 ?4 Australia 81 1 0.3% 36 0% 229.9% 4 ?2 Norway 77 213 0.8% 75 2.3% 172.4% 5 ?6 Singapore 76.2 4 0.4% 5 0% 85.5% 6 ?1 Finland 75.8 218 0.9% 88 2.8% 172.4% 7 ?5 Japan 74.5 54 1.2% 22 6.2% 119.9% 8 ?4 South Korea 73.3 38 0.9% 13 2.9% 70.8% 9 ?1 China 72 0 0% 3 0.1% 76.6% 10 ?1 Denmark 70.8 1,093 0.4% 176 3.6% 172.4% 11 ?2 Canada 70 481 1.5% 375 8.6% 511.3% 12 ?2 Vietnam 69.7 0 0% 0 0.1% 5% 13 ?1 Hong Kong 68.5 34 0.8% 17 0.2% 99.7% 14 ?1 Thailand 68.5 1 0% 1 0.3% 18.7% 15 ?5 Ireland 67.3 182 1.5% 436 3% 172.4% 16 ?1 U.A.E. 65.6 363 0.2% 64 0.8% 35.8% 17 ?4 Israel 62.4 521 0.7% 355 2.6% 137.6% 18 ?4 Russia 61.7 527 1.9% 341 5.7% 107% 19 ?4 Netherlands 61.3 1,206 0.8% 615 12% 172.4% 20 ?4 Bangladesh 59.2 34 1.6% 44 10.2% 5% 21 ?7 Germany 59.2 692 2.1% 309 11.5% 172.4% 22 ?7 Malaysia 58.4 122 0.3% 13 6.5% 24.6% 23 ?3 Switzerland 57.5 1,310 2.3% 763 16% 97.5% 24 ?1 Egypt 57.1 12 4.4% 69 — 61% 25 ?7 Saudi Arabia 56.8 17 6.1% 176 0.4% 5% 26 ?13 Iraq 56.5 128 1.6% 315 3.8% 5% 27 ?11 Sweden 55.5 1,573 1% 791 14.8% 172.4% 28 ?10 Chile 54.8 239 2.4% 842 4.8% 139.3% 29 ?2 Pakistan 54.8 38 2% 42 7.1% 26.5% 30 ?2 U.K. 54.6 785 2.4% 990 6.4% 294.7% 31 ?11 Nigeria 53.6 6 0.4% 6 14.2% 5% 32 ?13 Indonesia 52.9 62 2.3% 72 21.1% 50% 33 ?8 Spain 52.6 514 2.6% 1,046 6% 172.4% 34 ?11 France 52.4 546 3.4% 927 6.1% 172.4% 35 ?11 Philippines 51.7 39 2.1% 81 4.2% 6.2% 36 ?1 Brazil 51.4 561 1.5% 877 — 63.5% 37 ?19 U.S. 51.2 1,734 1.1% 955 13.3% 153.7% 38 ?3 South Africa 50.9 252 2.5% 414 20.3% 5% 39 ?5 India 50.6 69 1.4% 105 2.6% 85.4% 40 ?7 Portugal 50.3 1,189 1.9% 595 11.9% 172.4% 41 ?5 Austria 50.2 1,131 2.9% 578 11.2% 172.4% 42 ?7 Czech Republic 49.2 1,226 2.5% 959 23.1% 172.4% 43 ?5 Colombia 48.5 516 2% 791 — 32.7% 44 ?6 Belgium 48.4 605 4.6% 1,600 6.9% 172.4% 45 ?15 Turkey 47.6 1,860 0.4% 212 14.8% 30.1% 46 ?1 Iran 47.1 385 3% 636 21.3% 5% 47 ?3 Poland 47.1 990 3.3% 667 32.6% 172.4% 48 ?5 Romania 46.3 961 2.5% 743 21.6% 172.4% 49 ?9 Italy 45.8 980 3.4% 1,132 10% 172.4% 50 ?19 Greece 44.7 409 6.3% 394 8.1% 172.4% 51 – Peru 40.6 138 3.1% 1,118 — 37.7% 52 – Argentina 37.8 394 2.8% 924 32.5% 47.7% 53 – Mexico 35.3 223 5.9% 914 40% 119.2%
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