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> UK which has a lockdown policy was quite a bit higher. No, the UK was following in Sweden's footsteps until forecasts became untenable, by which time a lot o
by mopsi 6y ago
> UK which has a lockdown policy was quite a bit higher.
No, the UK was following in Sweden's footsteps until forecasts became untenable, by which time a lot of damage had been already done: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/03/16/905285/uk-dropping-coronavirus-herd-immunity-strategy-250000-dead/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/03/16/905285/uk-droppi...
Compared to its neighbours, Sweden is doing remarkably bad: https://twitter.com/MarkkuPeltonen/status/1261138454236352518 https://twitter.com/MarkkuPeltonen/status/126113845423635251...
In terms of economy, Sweden's GDP is expected to fall about as much as rest of the EU (~7%).
- elmerfud 6y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/15/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus-deaths.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/15/world/europe/... UK was just one example. Sweden is no worse off that other European countries. You can cherry pick the neighbors but that's doing a disservice. Of course their GDP is expected to fall. All of the countries are tightly linked together in their economic outcomes.
- ericb 6y agoSweden and Norway were "tied" a little while ago. Not so much, now.