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Not a scientific article, but this blog post gives some numbers for Sweden: https://emanuelkarlsten.se/more-swedes-died-in-one-month-1993-and-2000-compared-to-a
by nkurz 6y ago
Not a scientific article, but this blog post gives some numbers for Sweden: https://emanuelkarlsten.se/more-swedes-died-in-one-month-1993-and-2000-compared-to-april-2020-why/ https://emanuelkarlsten.se/more-swedes-died-in-one-month-199....
One big question would be why they chose April 2020 as the comparison point rather than May or June -- did the number of deaths per month in Sweden actually drop?
(I haven't read the article closely, and don't have a horse in this race --- I just thought it was apropos. Feel free to tear it to shreds if appropriate.)
- DanBC 6y agoI'm not going to tear it to shreds! When people say "covid is like flu" sometimes they mean "flu is a big deal, and a bad flu year kills lots of people". (I agree with that). But sometimes they mean "flu isn't so bad, it's a bit like a cold, doesn't kill so many people".
- yxhuvud 6y agoYes, the death rate has dropped and is now down to normal.
- NoSubstitute 6y agoEven official numbers from Socialstyrelsen over the last 10-20 years showed that weekly excess deaths were only significant certain weeks, with other weeks even being lower than other years.