Here's the "global comparison of deaths" data from this evening's press conference, with the USA stripped out so that we can properly compare all the rest of the countries. (Underlying data taken directly from the UK Government's spreadsheet.)
gov.uk/government/pub…
gov.uk/government/pub…
And here's the graph they certainly DON'T want you to see.
Uses the identical underlying data, but looks only at the newly reported deaths each day (i.e. the difference between each day's data and the previous day's value.)
Aside from weekends when reporting lags, the UK's top.
Uses the identical underlying data, but looks only at the newly reported deaths each day (i.e. the difference between each day's data and the previous day's value.)
Aside from weekends when reporting lags, the UK's top.
And here's the same data, but mapped to the actual dates each country reported its deaths i.e. these curves are no longer shifted based on when the various outbreaks occurred, but show what the real situation was each day.
Look at that pink UK rocket go! 🚀
Look at that pink UK rocket go! 🚀
As you can see from that, once the outbreak had firmly taken hold, the UK took the least amount of time of any European country to reach the worst death toll in Europe.
