COVID - general discussion - Temp Locked

Seemed like an enquiry not a judgement. Similar in some ways to my question asking what we are supposed to be doing better than the rest of Europe.

I see Aldi are now also saying no mask no entry

The figures were correct at the time I posted but since then Germany has increased their figures. 

I always use the following website: 

 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

By population the UK is 17th in the world, by deaths 5th in the world.

Nothing to be proud of.

By population the UK is 17th in the world, by deaths 5th in the world.

By population density we are amongst the most densely populated

https://www.worldometers.info/population/countries-in-europe-by-population/

It has been ever since Marketing and Accountants began running eveything  .   they could make those who would listen   arrange figures to suit the occassions

Does anybody know what way the UK was said to be doing better than Europe? I have only read this statement as having regard to vaccine rollout. In this regard we are well ahead of mainland Europe

Statistics do not always show the whole truth. Lots of other countries have vast areas of uninhabited land with few people which distort the real picture.

Take the UK and Australia for example:

UK is approx 32 times smaller than Australia

Population of UK is  68 million, Australia is 25 million.

However if you list the city populations in order of size:

London  9.3 million, Manchester, 2.73, Birmingham, 2.6, Glasgow 1.67

Melbourne 4.97, Sydney 4.92, Brisbane 2.4, Perth 2.1

So you can see that the majority of the population of Oz lives in just 4 cities so the fact that the area of Australia is almost 3 million square miles is irrelevant.

Both countries are islands but quick and decisive action by the Australian government has restricted the number of deaths to less than a thousand.

Quick action? or as you pointed out ,much sparcer poulation