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Belgium and Sweden are much less populated countries than US, Germany, France, and even Canada. I'm not sure their per capita numbers will translate directly.
by slg 6y ago
Belgium and Sweden are much less populated countries than US, Germany, France, and even Canada. I'm not sure their per capita numbers will translate directly. Sweden has been widely criticized for their response and I think they could also fall in the incompetent government group. I don't know enough about Belgium's response to judge it. Spain was the 3rd country really impacted by COVID-19. Their death rates dropped considerably after their huge initial spike. There was an over month long stretch in which they were in the single digits for deaths per day. I don't think it is fair to judge their response based on total deaths the same way we judge countries that were hit later.
- nradov 6y agoSweden's initial response may have been incompetent but they have been down at an average of about 1 death per day for weeks now. So whatever they're doing currently seems to be competent. Level of competence per country is not a constant. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/
- jgwil2 6y agoNote that Belgium also has one of one of the highest population densities in the world (375/km sq., as opposed to 92 for Spain and 22 for Sweden).
- nradov 6y agoPopulation densities are largely meaningless at that level. Sweden has a low density only because most of the northern part is wilderness. Most people live in the south, in urban and suburban areas where density is similar to other European countries.