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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Clark via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] The Japanese mystery: why so few COVID cases?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 2:11 PM Dylan Distasio via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>> </span></span>Sweden has also adopted very little mask wearing as another non-complying data point.<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>"Fearing the country’s lax approach to combating the coronavirus, Sweden’s Scandinavian neighbors </span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>(<i>Denmark, Norway and Finland</i>)<i> have all closed their borders to Swedes. </i>[...] <i>While those countries went into strict lockdowns this spring, Sweden famously refused, and now has suffered roughly twice as many infections and five times as many deaths as the other three nations combined"</i></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus-pariah-scandinavia.html">Sweden Tries Out a New Status: Pariah State</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>John K Clark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One wonders what Belgium did so wrong. They were hit much harder than Sweden, with almost half again the number of deaths per capita, .00084 vs Sweden’s .000523 death rate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 width=1283 style='width:962.25pt;background:white;border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt'><thead><tr><td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.0%;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=100 valign=bottom style='width:75.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Country,<br>Other<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=56 valign=bottom style='width:42.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Total<br>Cases<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=42 valign=bottom style='width:31.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>New<br>Cases<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=47 valign=bottom style='width:35.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Total<br>Deaths<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=47 valign=bottom style='width:35.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>New<br>Deaths<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=72 valign=bottom style='width:.75in;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Total<br>Recovered<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=47 valign=bottom style='width:35.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Active<br>Cases<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=56 valign=bottom style='width:42.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Serious,<br>Critical<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=70 valign=bottom style='width:52.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Tot Cases/<br>1M pop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=51 valign=bottom style='width:38.25pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Deaths/<br>1M pop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=56 valign=bottom style='width:42.0pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Total<br>Tests<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=49 valign=bottom style='width:36.75pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Tests/<br>1M pop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=78 valign=bottom style='width:58.5pt;border-top:none;border-left:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-bottom:solid #DDDDDD 1.5pt;border-right:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 22.5pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Population<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></thead><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt .75pt 6.0pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>1<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/san-marino/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>San Marino</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>698<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>42<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>656<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>0<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>20,571<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>1,238<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>5,669<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>167,074<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/san-marino-population/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>33,931</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt .75pt 6.0pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>2<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/belgium/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>Belgium</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>61,361<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#FFEEAA;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>+66<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>9,732<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>16,941<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>34,688<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>35<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>5,295<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>840<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>1,191,959<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>102,849<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/belgium-population/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>11,589,377</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt .75pt 6.0pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>3<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/andorra/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>Andorra</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>855<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>52<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>799<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>11,066<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>673<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>3,750<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>48,534<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/andorra-population/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>77,265</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt .75pt 6.0pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>4<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>UK</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>311,965<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#FFEEAA;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>+814<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>43,575<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:red;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>+25<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>N/A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>N/A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>276<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>4,596<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>642<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>9,290,215<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>136,854<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/uk-population/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>67,884,107</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt .75pt 6.0pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>5<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/spain/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>Spain</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>296,050<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#FFEEAA;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>+200<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>28,346<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:red;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>+3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>N/A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>N/A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>617<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>6,332<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>606<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>5,162,909<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>110,425<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/spain-population/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>46,754,725</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt .75pt 6.0pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>6<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>Italy</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>240,436<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:#FFEEAA;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>+126<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>34,744<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background:red;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>+6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>189,196<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>16,496<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>96<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>3,977<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>575<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>5,341,837<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>88,350<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/italy-population/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>60,462,004</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt .75pt 6.0pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>7<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>Sweden</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>65,137<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>5,280<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>N/A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>N/A<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>171<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>6,450<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>523<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>444,607<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>44,025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/sweden-population/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>10,098,898</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt .75pt 6.0pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>8<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/france/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>France</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>162,936<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>29,778<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>75,649<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>57,509<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>634<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>2,496<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>456<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>1,384,633<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'>21,213<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363945'><a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/france-population/"><span style='color:#337AB7'>65,272,959</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Belgium’s death rate is worse than Sweden and USA combined.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bright spot for that beleaguered country: if we look at the Covid death rate of New York City, it is over five times worse than Belgium, three times worse than big number 1 San Marino.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone offer a theory or an explanation for why these particular countries have been so hard hit?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Must we disregard this data, considering it is a full 19 minutes outdated?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>