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The current death rate, 10-15 people a day, is insignificant compared to other causes of death. It is not reasonable to talk about percentage differences when w

The current death rate, 10-15 people a day, is insignificant compared to other causes of death. It is not reasonable to talk about percentage differences when we're talking 15 vs 3 deaths a day.

alltakendamned 6y ago
Do note that there's easily a 15-day delay when it comes to Sweden reporting somewhat correct number of deaths, so let's not focus on the "current" death rate too much. And I expect the reporting delay to actually be worse right now as we're in the middle of vacation time. Source: https://adamaltmejd.se/covid/ https://adamaltmejd.se/covid/
- catalogia 6y ago
  > Do note that there's easily a 15-day delay when it comes to Sweden reporting somewhat correct number of deaths, 15 days ago Sweden was experiencing about 20 covid deaths per day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden#Deaths_per_day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden#De...
SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
Really? 4500 hundred extra death a year is not insignifcant.
- martindbp 6y ago
  90000 people die in Sweden every year. Shutting down the economy for a 5% increase is not reasonable.
  - SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
    No one shut down economy for exteneded period of time in Norway or Finland, they did just intermittently and now they have exactly same economic situation Sweden. Not worse, not better, but much less death. So 5000 people are dead for nothing. Even more importantly, explicit denying medical care to everyone after, say, 75 y.o. will save lots of money which can be redirected to fun stuff (lowering taxes etc.), and your death rate will barely go up; no one does that though, because that would be considered completely inhumane.
EdwardDiego 6y ago
I like how you call 10 - 15 people dying insignificant without considering how significant those deaths are to their loved ones.
- martindbp 6y ago
  Every death is tragic, but that doesn't mean we should shut down everything to prevent it.

The current death rate, 10-15 people a day, is insignificant compared to other causes of death. It is not reasonable to talk about percentage differences when we're talking 15 vs 3 deaths a day.

alltakendamned 6y ago

Do note that there's easily a 15-day delay when it comes to Sweden reporting somewhat correct number of deaths, so let's not focus on the "current" death rate too much. And I expect the reporting delay to actually be worse right now as we're in the middle of vacation time. Source: https://adamaltmejd.se/covid/ https://adamaltmejd.se/covid/

catalogia 6y ago
> Do note that there's easily a 15-day delay when it comes to Sweden reporting somewhat correct number of deaths, 15 days ago Sweden was experiencing about 20 covid deaths per day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden#Deaths_per_day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden#De...

SomeoneFromCA 6y ago

Really? 4500 hundred extra death a year is not insignifcant.

martindbp 6y ago
90000 people die in Sweden every year. Shutting down the economy for a 5% increase is not reasonable.
- SomeoneFromCA 6y ago
  No one shut down economy for exteneded period of time in Norway or Finland, they did just intermittently and now they have exactly same economic situation Sweden. Not worse, not better, but much less death. So 5000 people are dead for nothing. Even more importantly, explicit denying medical care to everyone after, say, 75 y.o. will save lots of money which can be redirected to fun stuff (lowering taxes etc.), and your death rate will barely go up; no one does that though, because that would be considered completely inhumane.

EdwardDiego 6y ago

I like how you call 10 - 15 people dying insignificant without considering how significant those deaths are to their loved ones.

martindbp 6y ago
Every death is tragic, but that doesn't mean we should shut down everything to prevent it.