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Here's the comparison of the four Scandinavian countries: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-per-million?tab=chart&year=2020-04-25&country=DN

Here's the comparison of the four Scandinavian countries: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-per-million?tab=chart&year=2020-04-25&country=DNK+FIN+NOR+SWE https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-per-mi... Yeah, no. Sweden doesn't look particularly successful.

glofish 6y ago
the comparison makes no sense, of course they will have more cases, the goal was never to match the number of cases. Every country will have to reopen like Sweden, most plan to do so within weeks, note how no country has eradicated the disease - what do you think will happen when they reopen? Exactly what is happening in Sweden. The goal of the flattening is to avoid overloading the hospitals not to "win". There is no winning. The only difference will be that they still have their economy in good shape.
phillipseamore 6y ago
To compare; it's important to note that in a typical month, twice as many die in Sweden compared to Denmark, without Covid.
- IAmEveryone 6y ago
  The numbers are per capita. Unless Swedes have a life expectancy of around 40 years, this is properly normalised.
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