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Sorry, are we looking at different statistics? From [1] I see that Sweden death rate is somewhere between that of France and Italy. I wouldn't call it "admira
by AlexTWithBeard 6y ago
Sorry, are we looking at different statistics?
From [1] I see that Sweden death rate is somewhere between that of France and Italy.
I wouldn't call it "admirably", but not a "choked up" either. Just in the middle of the pack.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_...
- __blockcipher__ 6y agoEDIT: You weren’t even replying to me. I’m sorry for totally misinterpreting your whole comment. That’s what I get for being on mobile. Leaving my comment up cause the points themselves are still valid —- (1) Middle of the pack while having never locked down is incredible. Most pro-lockdown people still trot out Ferguson’s model which predicts about .8% of the entire population dying. (2) You didn’t really look at the number I said to. Look at excess mortality over time. Sweden at this point had no excess mortality. They are done with COVID mortality. —- Unfortunately there is a vested interest in ignoring Sweden’s success. They fucked up the nursing homes, Tegnell has said as much, but they got the important part right: they NEVER locked down and COVID-19 mortality is no longer a thing.
- evgen 6y agoSweden with a lower population density and actually having meaningful warning about what was about to happen vs. Italy who took the brunt of the more virulent first wave? Yeah, Sweden failed. Take a look at the map on your own link and you will see Sweden as a dark blue failure surrounded by light blue neighbors who succeeded at containing the spread.