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It's unfortunate that the excess mortality is not a metric that is rigorously collected at this time. As a result, it lags quite a bit. We'll know in a week o
by tomohawk 6y ago
It's unfortunate that the excess mortality is not a metric that is rigorously collected at this time. As a result, it lags quite a bit. We'll know in a week or so how June looked.
You're right that it is not just deaths, but morbidity. Someone who gets on a vent due to covid may never regain the life they had previously.
However, we've learned a bit since April. Wearing masks works with social distancing, but requires administrative enforcement.
Sweden has kept their schools open during this time (through high school) and offers an interesting point of comparison. It hasn't appeared to cause any problems for them. The main problems they've had are in the immigrant communities (220% higher rates of covid) and in elder care facilities.
- vkou 6y ago> It hasn't appeared to cause any problems for them. By which you mean, it is neck-and-neck with the United States and Brazil in daily cases per capita, and is soundly leading both countries in deaths per capita? Their strategy of 'isolate the vulnerable population and do little else' worked great, except for the part where it hasn't worked at all because... The vulnerable population is getting sick and dying.
- tomohawk 6y agoIf you look at the linked data, you'll see that Sweden reached zero excess mortality by the end of May. This is a very good indication that their approach is working as they expected it would. Their execution has not been perfect, but they've been transparent about that and are working to address the known issues.
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