New Border Regulations

qtla9111 wrote:

wapiticountry wrote:

wintersun wrote:
With only 400,000 Americans in the ground from Covid-19 it is hard to understand the concern of the Canadians to having visitors from the USA. I would guess that the OP is not aware that the death toll is 1000 times higher in the USA than in many other countries where the people behave responsibly and wore masks and self isolated.

Other than North Korea, which by it's own admission has not had a single COVID case, what country has a reported death rate 1000 times lower than the US? I'll answer that question, there are six: Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Vietnam, Tanzania and Burundi. The wealthiest of those six countries, Thailand, has a Gross Domestic Product 1/8th that of the US. If you really want to hold those nations up as paradise found, you will probably find yourself in a very small minority.

GDP does not relate directly to the quality of life and happiness. I live in Mexico in the countryside. Many of my neighbors up in the hills live in cabins and cook on wood stoves. They wouldn't change it for anything. They're happy, carefree, and live to be in their 90s.

And your observations are why anecdotal evidence is not really evidence at all. The fact is the average life expectancy in Mexico is 3.7 years less than the average life expectancy in the US. (Mexico 75.41 years, US 79.11 years) I am sure there are people in the poorest of countries, living in abject poverty, who are happy and billionaires in wealthy countries who are unhappy (see the Zappo's guy). But GDP does tell part of the story regarding access to quality healthcare, clean water and food, longevity, security (both personal and political) and many other factors that determine the health and happiness of the entire population.