Germany is reopening with one of the lowest death rates in the world. Here's how it barely missed a trick as it fought the coronavirus https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-germany-reopening-low-deaths-testing-lockdown-2020-5 The German response to the coronavirus has led the way in Europe and drawn praise around the world. Its initial success in containing the outbreak was attributed in March to mass testing, swift lockdown, a robust healthcare system, and luck. But that success has continued into April and May, and the country is now gradually reopening with one of the lowest death rates in the world. Regardless, the country remains cautious. The Bundestag on Thursday passed a new law mandating more testing and virus mapping, which it hopes will rid the outbreak for good. The country had its critics along the way, but here's how it got in sight of the finish line. On balance, Germany has dealt with its coronavirus outbreak much better than most nations around the world. The peak of its outbreak — the period marked by the highest numbers of new daily infections — came between March 26 and April 3, during which it maintained a death rate far below the likes of Spain and Italy. As Business Insider reported in late March, this was attributed to an early lockdown, swift mass-testing drive, a well-oiled healthcare system, and clear government messaging. Seven weeks on — as the country starts to reopen — not much has changed. The reproduction number (R) — which indicates how many people the average person infects, and indicates how fast the virus is spreading — has wholly remained below 1, but for one surge from 0.65 to 1.1 last weekend. But the country weathered the storm with minimal fuss, and its R rate subsided to 0.8 by Wednesday. uthorities said the surge was caused by outbreaks in a few nursing homes and a factory. North Rhine-Westphalia, where the factory was located, reacted by briefly reimposing lockdown, it ended on Friday. "If one compares the German death rate with that of other countries, it becomes clear that the number of deaths in Germany has not increased as much as one might have feared," Die Zeit newspaper, whose virus tracker has become a go-to resource in Germany, wrote on May 14. Even so, the government is continuing to move against the virus with purpose. The Infection Protection Act On Thursday, the Bundestag passed the Infection Protection Act, a set of precautions to help steer the country from danger as it begins returning to normal. Testing in care homes and hospitals will be drastically increased. Germany is already testing hundreds of thousands of people a week. Health authorities must log every negative test result and people considered "cured," so the government can map the virus. Nurses and care workers will be entitled to a 1,000-euro ($1,080) bonus. Before the crisis there was a shortage of these key workers due to low wages. Health insurers must now pay for their customers' antibody tests even if they have no symptoms. Health insurers must make flu vaccines readily available. As winter nears, the government wants to minimize the strain that flu patients place on health services. 'We are seeing half-empty ICUs' In recent weeks, Germany kept testing people en masse, monitoring those who test positive, and kept intensive care units remained well under capacity. It allowed those in the most critical of conditions quick, unfettered access to life-saving apparatus like ventilators. "We are seeing half-empty ICUs in Germany," the country's lead epidemiologist, Christian Drosten, said on April 26. "This is because we started diagnostics early and on a broad scale, and we stopped the epidemic — that is, we brought the reproduction number below 1." Germany currently has the capacity to test around 838,000 samples for COVID-19 per week, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Those who test positive are supervised closely, even after they return to recover in their homes. In Heidelberg, southwestern Germany, medics were driving around the city checking in on those recently diagnosed with COVID-19, taking blood tests and checking to see if they had deteriorated, The New York Times reported in April. A lockdown so effective it almost backfired Drosten, who is director of Berlin's Institute of Virology, added he was concerned the lockdown had worked so well that some citizens didn't understand the dangers of the virus. Indeed, protests against the lockdown popped up across Germany on April 25. More have taken place since. (More at above url)
Lowest death rates in the world? They're the 14th highest in the world. 90% of countries have a lower death rate per million people than Germany. And if you do total number of deaths it's even worse as they are number 8 in the world. Almost 95% of countries have a lower total number of deaths. What kind of Nazi propaganda is this? It's amazing how these liberal propagandists will ball wash any country/state/city that leans far left. They do the same with Andrew Cuomo. His state is literally responsible for the 50% of the nations deaths and Nazi liberals are like "Wow, look how good of a job he's doing. He should run for president!" https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/
More gibberish from cow. One must take junk or no data into account. Tiny cow brain Same guys are bitching about the WHO repairing the figures given from governments and theie tiny de-evolved brains can't see the same. Remember guys who support GOP, cow is on YOUR side. That should worry you.
Actually its complete bullshiat... Germany is 23rd in terms of deaths for !M population, not 14th - https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Lets read the article again... and understand why Germany has been so successful and other countries need to follow their lead. Germany is reopening with one of the lowest death rates in the world. Here's how it barely missed a trick as it fought the coronavirus https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-germany-reopening-low-deaths-testing-lockdown-2020-5 The German response to the coronavirus has led the way in Europe and drawn praise around the world. Its initial success in containing the outbreak was attributed in March to mass testing, swift lockdown, a robust healthcare system, and luck. But that success has continued into April and May, and the country is now gradually reopening with one of the lowest death rates in the world. Regardless, the country remains cautious. The Bundestag on Thursday passed a new law mandating more testing and virus mapping, which it hopes will rid the outbreak for good. The country had its critics along the way, but here's how it got in sight of the finish line. On balance, Germany has dealt with its coronavirus outbreak much better than most nations around the world. The peak of its outbreak — the period marked by the highest numbers of new daily infections — came between March 26 and April 3, during which it maintained a death rate far below the likes of Spain and Italy. As Business Insider reported in late March, this was attributed to an early lockdown, swift mass-testing drive, a well-oiled healthcare system, and clear government messaging. Seven weeks on — as the country starts to reopen — not much has changed. The reproduction number (R) — which indicates how many people the average person infects, and indicates how fast the virus is spreading — has wholly remained below 1, but for one surge from 0.65 to 1.1 last weekend. But the country weathered the storm with minimal fuss, and its R rate subsided to 0.8 by Wednesday. uthorities said the surge was caused by outbreaks in a few nursing homes and a factory. North Rhine-Westphalia, where the factory was located, reacted by briefly reimposing lockdown, it ended on Friday. "If one compares the German death rate with that of other countries, it becomes clear that the number of deaths in Germany has not increased as much as one might have feared," Die Zeit newspaper, whose virus tracker has become a go-to resource in Germany, wrote on May 14. Even so, the government is continuing to move against the virus with purpose. The Infection Protection Act On Thursday, the Bundestag passed the Infection Protection Act, a set of precautions to help steer the country from danger as it begins returning to normal. Testing in care homes and hospitals will be drastically increased. Germany is already testing hundreds of thousands of people a week. Health authorities must log every negative test result and people considered "cured," so the government can map the virus. Nurses and care workers will be entitled to a 1,000-euro ($1,080) bonus. Before the crisis there was a shortage of these key workers due to low wages. Health insurers must now pay for their customers' antibody tests even if they have no symptoms. Health insurers must make flu vaccines readily available. As winter nears, the government wants to minimize the strain that flu patients place on health services. 'We are seeing half-empty ICUs' In recent weeks, Germany kept testing people en masse, monitoring those who test positive, and kept intensive care units remained well under capacity. It allowed those in the most critical of conditions quick, unfettered access to life-saving apparatus like ventilators. "We are seeing half-empty ICUs in Germany," the country's lead epidemiologist, Christian Drosten, said on April 26. "This is because we started diagnostics early and on a broad scale, and we stopped the epidemic — that is, we brought the reproduction number below 1." Germany currently has the capacity to test around 838,000 samples for COVID-19 per week, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Those who test positive are supervised closely, even after they return to recover in their homes. In Heidelberg, southwestern Germany, medics were driving around the city checking in on those recently diagnosed with COVID-19, taking blood tests and checking to see if they had deteriorated, The New York Times reported in April. A lockdown so effective it almost backfired Drosten, who is director of Berlin's Institute of Virology, added he was concerned the lockdown had worked so well that some citizens didn't understand the dangers of the virus. Indeed, protests against the lockdown popped up across Germany on April 25. More have taken place since. (More at above url)
European leaders are blunt: A coronavirus vaccine won’t come soon enough SOAVE, Italy — In separate, stark warnings, two major European leaders bluntly told their citizens that the world needs to adapt to living with the coronavirus and cannot wait to be saved by the development of a vaccine. The comments by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came as governments worldwide and many U.S. states struggled with restarting economies blindsided by the pandemic. With 36 million newly unemployed in the U.S. alone, economic pressures are building even as authorities acknowledge that reopening risks setting off new waves of infections and deaths. https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavi...oronavirus-vaccine-wont-come-soon-enough.html
A vaccine is not coming soon. This makes following a successful COVID-19 response strategy like Germany and South Korea even more critical in 2020 into 2021. Note these countries are far ahead of their neighbors in terms of getting their businesses opened up and their economies moving.
Really? Going to add a place like Montserrat that had 11 cases total with 1 death and then place it higher on the list than Germany because it has an insanely low population?
So let's rank Germany against only major western nations with large populations --- and see where it stands on the list. Oh -- it is near the bottom in COVID deaths per 1M people. The United States, Spain, Italy, U.K. Belgium, France, Sweden, Canada, Ireland, etc. are all above Germany on the list.
Yes cherry pick. Move that goal post to fit your narrative even though your original article stated. On balance, Germany has dealt with its coronavirus outbreak much better than most nations around the world.