Coronavirus death rate
Why is the German death rate so low compared to everyone else ? Take a look at the figures it’s unbelievable ! Do you think they have an antidote that they are keeping secret ?
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Threepio Best Comment
Some FYI extractions on the subject question taken from a recent article in Business Insider:
TESTING:
The most important factor contributing to the low death rate is that Germany appears to be that it is testing far more people than any other European country. The director of the institute of virology at Berlin's Charité hospital estimates that Germany is testing 120,000 people a week.
Scientists agree that a large number - probably a big majority - of all coronavirus cases never make it into the official figures because they are not severe enough for hospital treatment.
The more widely a country tests, the more of these milder cases it will find.
Since the most severe cases are almost always tested, the number of coronavirus deaths will likely stay the same.
The net effect is that more testing leads to a lower-looking death rate.
BEDS:
Germany has the second-most critical care beds per capita in Europe, according to data from European Health for All. The beds are essential when trying to battle severe cases of the coronavirus.
Germany has 621 beds per 100,000 people. Italy has 275, and Spain 293.
80% of all people infected in Germany are younger than 60, the Robert Koch Institute said on Monday, indicating that the outbreak hasn't yet taken hold in older people, where the risk of death is much higher. The death rate in Germany is likely to increase as more older people become infected. They are estimating that the end number will be at/near 1%.
TESTING:
The most important factor contributing to the low death rate is that Germany appears to be that it is testing far more people than any other European country. The director of the institute of virology at Berlin's Charité hospital estimates that Germany is testing 120,000 people a week.
Scientists agree that a large number - probably a big majority - of all coronavirus cases never make it into the official figures because they are not severe enough for hospital treatment.
The more widely a country tests, the more of these milder cases it will find.
Since the most severe cases are almost always tested, the number of coronavirus deaths will likely stay the same.
The net effect is that more testing leads to a lower-looking death rate.
BEDS:
Germany has the second-most critical care beds per capita in Europe, according to data from European Health for All. The beds are essential when trying to battle severe cases of the coronavirus.
Germany has 621 beds per 100,000 people. Italy has 275, and Spain 293.
80% of all people infected in Germany are younger than 60, the Robert Koch Institute said on Monday, indicating that the outbreak hasn't yet taken hold in older people, where the risk of death is much higher. The death rate in Germany is likely to increase as more older people become infected. They are estimating that the end number will be at/near 1%.