Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
For all the talk of “irresponsible” Wisconsin, we compare favorably with our neighbors in deaths per 100,000 population (per statists.com). So far, Wisconsin has experienced 8 per 100,000, Iowa 11, Minnesota 13, Illinois 33 and Michigan 49.

@ LDAHL,
As of May 18, the death rate due to COVID-19 was as you say in those 5 states.
The lowest death rate (in 3 states) was 1 per 100,000.
The highest death rates were:
NY 145
NJ 117
CT 96
MA 84

As of May 13, an international comparison:
USA 27.9
Canada 15.76
Sweden 36.31
South Korea .51
Australia .40
Iceland .21


Source: http://www.statista.com/statistics/1...es-us-by-state