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Sweden has about the same per-capita death rate as the US and Switzerland, and lower than the UK, Spain, and Belgium. (See https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visu

Sweden has about the same per-capita death rate as the US and Switzerland, and lower than the UK, Spain, and Belgium. (See https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/ https://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/). It's certainly possible that they'd be doing better with more restrictions, but if their strategy is as disastrous as many people seem to think then they'd be at the top of the charts, and they're not.

phakding 7y ago
That sort of proves my point. UK didn't even want to restrict anything. Netherlands, Italy and Spain acted too late. Sweden decides to selectively restrict. In US people are willing to sacrifice human life for economic activity and no wonder all these countries are worse off as far as fatality rate goes compared some other countries like Germany or India.
- orangecat 7y ago
  It's just odd that I constantly hear how horribly Sweden is doing, and not a peep about Switzerland. In US people are willing to sacrifice human life for economic activity How many additional COVID19 deaths would you accept to avoid a crippling economic depression? If the answer is zero, you are not being serious. If the answer is more than zero, then as Churchill noted, we've established what kind of person you are and are now haggling over price.
  - phakding 7y ago
    There, that's your reason. May be do a google search next time. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200324/explained-why-does-switzerland-have-the-second-highest-rate-of-confirmed-coronavirus-cases https://www.thelocal.ch/20200324/explained-why-does-switzerl... Crippling economic depression? What's the proof this is going to cause crippling economic depression. If you are so concerned about crippling economic depression, what were you doing when the stock market crashed from 17,000 down to 6 some thousand back in 08? Did you go out and protest and made sure the companies need to be held responsible and punished? And Churchill? Seriously? This is the guy who considered Indians and Persians and other colored people less than human and who literally caused hundreds thousands of deaths in either nation, believed in racial hierarchy and social darwinism. I don't give a flying fudge what Churchill thinks of me.

phakding 7y ago

That sort of proves my point. UK didn't even want to restrict anything. Netherlands, Italy and Spain acted too late. Sweden decides to selectively restrict. In US people are willing to sacrifice human life for economic activity and no wonder all these countries are worse off as far as fatality rate goes compared some other countries like Germany or India.

orangecat 7y ago
It's just odd that I constantly hear how horribly Sweden is doing, and not a peep about Switzerland. In US people are willing to sacrifice human life for economic activity How many additional COVID19 deaths would you accept to avoid a crippling economic depression? If the answer is zero, you are not being serious. If the answer is more than zero, then as Churchill noted, we've established what kind of person you are and are now haggling over price.
- phakding 7y ago
  There, that's your reason. May be do a google search next time. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200324/explained-why-does-switzerland-have-the-second-highest-rate-of-confirmed-coronavirus-cases https://www.thelocal.ch/20200324/explained-why-does-switzerl... Crippling economic depression? What's the proof this is going to cause crippling economic depression. If you are so concerned about crippling economic depression, what were you doing when the stock market crashed from 17,000 down to 6 some thousand back in 08? Did you go out and protest and made sure the companies need to be held responsible and punished? And Churchill? Seriously? This is the guy who considered Indians and Persians and other colored people less than human and who literally caused hundreds thousands of deaths in either nation, believed in racial hierarchy and social darwinism. I don't give a flying fudge what Churchill thinks of me.