Have to be careful with cross-country comparisons but Norway & Scotland have similar populations (albeit with a different distribution of population across the landmass).
Nonetheless, differences in total deaths striking.
🇳🇴 109
🏴 495
Norway figs also include care homes
Nonetheless, differences in total deaths striking.
🇳🇴 109
🏴 495
Norway figs also include care homes
This isn’t unique to Scotland. As death figures continue to climb, we are seeing that though certain trends may be flattening, the whole UK is heading to be one of the worst affected states of the crisis. Huge questions to be asked now and in the future about why that is.
Not all of this will be about government policy during the crisis itself (but clearly huge questions about that). Also lots of questions around public health policy in general, state of public health vis a vis other countries, state of NHS going into crisis and the rest.
