Lifestyle in EU is very different than here, not to mention the EU population is a bit more aged than we are. Urban area residents tend to walk more and use mass transit much more often than do we. Many live in outlying areas and take the train into work each day.AustinAg2K said:Spain is nearly as bad as Italy, and France is coming on strong. In fact, just about every European country is having major issues right now if you adjust for population size.TXAggie2011 said:
Northern Italy was an unfortunate perfect storm of domestic factors. There was a densely populated, ageing, social society in the middle of winter. They didn't respond well, and you saw what happened. Other places will likely get there, too, sadly enough.
And most streets in cities over there are much, much narrower than ours, forcing walkers to impinge on each others's personal space - I mean - social distance threshholds.
Incidence rates, hospitalization rates, fatal outcome rates, socialized medicine governance and everything else are not good comparative bases to judge outcomes in US - maybe New York, but...
