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Bernardo de La Paz

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2. Canada has public healthcare, a cooperative populace, and a faster response

Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:19 PM

Mar 2020

The first Canadian cases happened around the same time as the American ones.

I get a sense it may be spreading more slowly in this country. Note: Canada has 11 percent of US population, so in comparing statistics it makes sense to multiply Canada by 9 or 10 for comparison.

One death so far, a couple of days ago.

First Canadian cases in the last week of January.
First confirmed US case Jan. 21.

"As of March 7, 2020, more than 1,895 tests have been performed in the United States"
The 623 Canadian tests performed so far would be roughly equivalent to more than 5,600 US tests.

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What's up with Canada? [View all] pat_k Mar 2020 OP

You know that whatever they are doing they have better leadership on it than we do. Amaryllis Mar 2020 #1

Absolutely! pat_k Mar 2020 #3

Canada has public healthcare, a cooperative populace, and a faster response Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #2

Haven't found specifics, but I assume... pat_k Mar 2020 #5

Well it has been good enough they know all cases are traced to known traveller contacts. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #12

They are testing Bev54 Mar 2020 #4

A US passenger on the delayed cruise ship in CA said that Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #6

Ahh. Found the story about evacuating Canadians yesterday. pat_k Mar 2020 #8

No no...people were allowed to leave ship in stages Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #11

They have about 1/10 of our population so if anything they are a bit higher than us Quixote1818 Mar 2020 #7

Of course. pat_k Mar 2020 #9

I am hopeful the greater rate of testing may mean higher detection rate when combined with contacts Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #10

They have a built-in advantage maxsolomon Mar 2020 #13

Yes. pat_k Mar 2020 #14