The law of political thermodynamics states that eventually entropy sets into every leader during a crisis, and so it is with Ms Sturgeon. Different countries have different circumstances, they record and collect data in different ways, and politics gets in the way too. There seems to be massive under-reporting of the deaths there, particularly in the favelas, and there are the same suspicions about the death rate in Russia. When asked about Scotland’s excess death rate (ie deaths above those we would expect in normal circumstances) Ms Sturgeon resorted to the England get-out clause right away. Different countries record these things in different ways which makes comparisons problematic.

Source: The Herald June 04, 2020 03:56 UTC