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That said, it is important to note that Sweden has one of the highest death rates in the world. Almost 40% higher than the US and at least 200-300% that of its
by erikig 6y ago
That said, it is important to note that Sweden has one of the highest death rates in the world. Almost 40% higher than the US and at least 200-300% that of its neighbors.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-per-million?tab=chart&time=2020-01-31..2020-04-10&country=CHN+DNK+FIN+DEU+NOR+SWE+USA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/total-covid-deaths-per-mi...
If the US had the same death rate, the total deaths would be closer to 80,000
- piva00 6y agoPopulation size is only an upper bound limit for disease spread, it doesn't tell anything else so using per capita inference to extrapolate is pretty flawed.