Quote Originally Posted by KerrAvon View Post
The one with Germany is much more significant
Yes the comparison with Germany is interesting when looking at mortality rates.

German death rates are much lower but they have had a significant amount of cases. My first thought would be that our intensive care/amount of ventilators may be factor but from what I hear this hasn't turned out to be a huge problem.

Is it because Germany started lockdown slightly earlier than the UK? They closed schools even before their official lockdown. Saying that, Germany was hit hit by the virus before the UK.

Is it down to testing? This seems to be the reason that I would go with. More people were tested, more people realised they had it and therefore self isolated. Here people carried on, against advice in some cases, and spread the virus.

Are the stats relating to deaths correct? Will we only know for sure when we look at the excess deaths?