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by redis_mlc 2069 days ago
> Canada seem to have done relatively well

Strangely, although Canada was much better prepared (from SARS-1 in 2003) than the USA (CDC fiasco) and their politicians listened to "science", they haven't done as well as expected.

Their death rate is half that of the USA so far, but that's still almost 10,000 dead for a population of 37 million, vs. 200,000 dead for US population of 320 million.

Some of the spread and deaths were from farm labor continuing to cross the border from Mexico to Ontario during the lockdown.

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> they haven't done as well as expected

I think there are some elements of luck, demographics, and geography here.