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Originally Posted by nohands
Yes, global pandemics by nature kill lots of people.
can you please provide us with the details of how you arrived at this number? That Trump is 100% directly responsible for ~ 150,000 of the ~ 230,000 total deaths in the U.S.
Sure. Use a comparable country like Canada for instance and compare the death rates. Like the USA#1 - Canada had a rough start with the virus, with a lot of deaths in homes for the elderly. However, since then Canada has been a lot more pro-active in mask usage, and there is none of the weird political baggage associated with masks that Trump and his followers created in the USA (which oddly is likely why he will now lose the election).
The current cases per capita comparison:
USA - over 28,000 per million
Canada - 6,000 per million
The current deaths per capita comparison:
USA - 711 per million
Canada - 268 per million
Now, keep in mind that the USA#1 is chugging along at a much, much bigger difference for now, with the USA#1 deaths per day about 1,000 and growing very quickly and Canada's daily is about 30, so the USA#1 has a current death rate more than four times Canada per capita and that difference is growing.
If we simply apply the different death ratios between the USA and Canada to date (268/711 = 0.38), then simply using that as a guide around 60%+ of deaths would not have happened had the USA#1 utilized an approach similar to Canada, and Canada was not the world's best at this either.
60% of the current 225,000+ deaths is about 140,000 people who would not have died had Trump handled this with a basic level of competence. A ton more people would also not have long term effects as well, as the cases is much larger per capita (with that gap increasing) due to how Trump handled Covid.
There you go, some simple math that you asked for, and I provide it knowing it will have zero impact on you.
All the best.