Healthcare quality and capacity do not matter for COVID-19
We are told to flatten the curve to sustain our healthcare capacity and keep our mortality rate low. Let me check/challenge this statement in a short way. From https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ , I picked up the countries which have more cases than Australia where I live. Then, I picked up the countries which have more than 500 cases/1M population as this indicator links to the pressure to the healthcare system. Next, I calculated the case-fatality-rate, CFR. It's very simple; total deaths divided by total cases. And, finally, but, most importantly, collect BCG coverage and strain information. As we've already known, http://www.bcgatlas.org/ is not only incomplete but also inaccurate, especially for the old days, but let me scan roughly for this analysis. Please forgive me if some are still inaccurate. I don't want to spend two to three hours for each country. Below is the table sorted by CFR. Country Tot Cases/ 1M pop CFR BCG coverage and...