Our population is 3x PNG.
Suck it up Princess
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suck what up? you're shit at research. as proven by your statement of:
Now let's not go saying it's a different country, blah blah just figures alone thank you.
Context is important, of which what country it is, is highly relevant.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea shows no sign of ending, and its worst legacy might be its effect on other diseases, such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. Chris McCall reports.
www.thelancet.com
these are China's covid stats -
Widley
known to be inaccurate due to, well, China being china. No one takes these at face value, as no one takes PNGs at face value either.
At least in Australia and other western countries we contextualise the data we do collect, we give information on where the gaps may be in the collection and provide caveats where they are needed so people and researches understand the context in which it is collected and used. You can then use that information to draw inferences with significantly high confidence intervals.
Remember India at the start of the pandemic? They had queues of people lining up for funeral pyres that were un-precedented. At the time there was also "no covid outbreak". Cant recall which African country proclaimed there was no covid, while their leaders were all dropping in parliament. North Korea also has been covid free since the pandemic, allegedly. So yeah, what country it is absolutely matters.
And in teh case of PNG -
"figures represent only confirmed cases, and ample anecdotal evidence suggests that the true number of cases and deaths is probably higher. Many areas have no testing facilities for COVID-19. Vaccination levels are dismally low (on Dec 16, the Government reported that 283 915 people had received at least one dose; the country's total population is around 9 million). And knock-on effects of the prolonged disruption on other health services are being seen " That's enough to know that the numbers being reported cant be relied on.
How about we just compare the figures like everyone has been quoting.
We are comparing a virus, no socioeconomic status.
What don't you understand, seems like a country with only the basics has it beaten whereas we haven't
um...@nathanm
how do you have an intelligent debate with this?
Data has to be contextualised. Safreek doesn't seem to understand this and refuses to acknowledge it.
Socioeconomic and geopolitical situations 100% have an impact on outcomes, reporting etc. Proof taht there seems to be some comprehension issue.
Safreek is CONVINCED based on some uncontextualized data that PNG really has it beat, despite evidence to the contrary. This is literally when an intelligent debate/discussion cant be had. >meme
What cracks me up the most is the amount of people vaccinated, assuming most of you as well as me are, why most aren't wearing masks.
I can't believe how selfish some of you are.
I hope you all realise that you can still spread it.
Bloody selfish to all the old and immune deficient
Mask efficacy requires high levels of mask compliance. Hence why there is currently some debate as to why these aren't being mandated again. this is where the argument for personal responsibility doesn't make sense. If you give people the choice, most will chose not to for whatever reason, rendering their use less and less effective, to the point that anyone wearing one is only getting piece of mind, rather than any real protection. You can accuse the govt of being selfish, not the public.
