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The tally is not properly done yet. There is still great difference in how deaths are counted between countries. For instance, Italy mostly counted dead at hos
by jacobush 7y ago
The tally is not properly done yet.
There is still great difference in how deaths are counted between countries. For instance, Italy mostly counted dead at hospitals. In Sweden, if someone dies, it's up to the doctor in charge to call for a post mortem test or not. There has been quite a lot testing in homes for the elderly.
What all of this means, is that it's very difficult to compare between countries. I think it will be much clearer in retrospect, but maybe not even then.
And this mild lockdown is the point - no tracking of citizens with apps, no quarantine orders, no Police and Military (Finland!!) or closed roads. People are changing their behaviour without all of that. The politicians in charge are worried that a hard lockdown will create fatigue - and they want us to be able to keep up mitigations for a long time, because the virus may be with us for a long time.