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They don’t have yet herd immunity and their results are worse with respect to all comparable countries that had a lockdown. What you say is categorically false.
by luckydata 6y ago
They don’t have yet herd immunity and their results are worse with respect to all comparable countries that had a lockdown. What you say is categorically false.
- heavenlyblue 6y agoIt’s not much worse as you would expect it to be, though.
- twblalock 6y agoThere are definitely countries in Europe that locked down and yet have a higher per-capita death rate than Sweden.
- luckydata 6y agoComparable aka Finland and Norway, which have similar climates, healthcare systems and culture. Check the numbers and tell me if Sweden is doing better.
- thu2111 6y agoNo, their results by any metric aren't worse than all comparable countries that had a lockdown. They're in the middle of the pack and only because they had a lot of deaths in care homes, which lockdowns don't protect anyway. There are other regions that prove this like Belarus, South Dakota and others, but Sweden is proof positive that lockdowns aren't necessary and were never necessary. As for herd immunity, Google "sweden covid cases" and look at that graph. Then change it to deaths. Sweden is practically done with the epidemic. Cases will never drop to absolute zero due to high testing levels and false positives, but it's now down to tiny levels and deaths have hit zero with no "second wave" in sight. At least based on current data it appears Sweden is over and done with it.