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It's not "pretty high", it's middle of the pack and nowhere near the apocalypse that was supposed to be the outcome of their chosen path.
by thu2111 7y ago
It's not "pretty high", it's middle of the pack and nowhere near the apocalypse that was supposed to be the outcome of their chosen path.
- DanBC 7y agoDeaths per 1m population in Sweden is currently 139. For Denmark it's 58, and for Norway it's 30.
- thu2111 7y agoThis is a total failure as a talking point - it's amazing how quick it's spreading. Go compare it to Italy and Spain, which have both got the most severe restrictions. In Spain children are under house arrest, yet their outcomes are much worse than Sweden. As I said, Sweden is in the middle of the pack. Your response is not a rebuttal to that. Lockdown is meant to avoid deaths by ensuring everyone has a bed, which in Sweden they do. Beyond that death rates will diverge for other reasons - it appears Sweden is seeing large racial disparities in deaths for some reason, as is America. So as a country that took in a lot more immigrants than Norway that would by itself be a contributing factor. But deaths due to not getting hospital beds is something we can safely say isn't happening, which means the justification for the lockdown is invalidated. I'm really uncertain why so many people are resisting this outcome. It's a good one! Lockdowns are bad! If they have no effect then that means they should end and that's great for absolutely everyone.