Germany's low coronavirus mortality rate intrigues experts

Germany’s relatively low mortality rate continues to intrigue experts as Covid-19 spreads across Europe, with some questioning the methodology behind its data gathering while others argue the country’s high testing rates allow a more accurate approximation of the threat posed by the novel coronavirus.

While the pandemic has hit Germany with full force, with Johns Hopkins University noting 22,364 confirmed infections by Sunday morning, only 84 people are so far reported to have died.

This means Germany currently has the lowest mortality rate of the 10 countries most severely hit by the pandemic: 0.3% compared with 9% in Italy and 4.6% in the UK.

The contrast with Italy is especially surprising because the two countries have the highest percentage of citizens aged 65 or over in Europe. If anything, the Bloomberg Global Health Index would suggest Italians have a healthier lifestyle than Germans.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/22/germany-low-coronavirus-mortality-rate-puzzles-experts

 

Germany lags in postmortem testing of the Covid-19 and testing of the ill with Covid-19 due to a decentralised health system unlike Italy that's more centralized and routine practice.

Simply, the Covid-19 is less likely to show up in the statistical results.

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Zee Germans must practice better hygiene than us British and Italians. I think the Japanese are even cleaner.

 

That's because the Germans are super humanbeings

 

The master race

 

maybe all germans except merkel , positive too. No better. In quarantine

 

She's just made a show, 'shopping' at a supermarket with her emotional face of an old galoshe made out of plywood: a couple of bottles of wine and a small piece of cheese. Everything is as usual, Partei-Genossen.

 

Maybe just maybe there health system works and has capacity ?? And Doctors that know how to treat a Virus.

 

absolutely, we will see . it just only the begin

 

UK NHS is shit, most of the doctors are Indian and speak only bad english which makes it tricky but there still better than the UK doctors which are just don't care ponsy wankers.

There is like 2 doctors for 1000 patients and they spend all day walking around trying to look after all of them, waiting hours to be seen by a doc for a check / medicine change, no personal service at all, just hello, what ?? okay, bye!! 2mins per patient.