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Or compared to Vietnam, which has 100 million people and less than 40 deaths. People have just hung their hat on Sweden’s approach out of some ideological atta
by claudeganon 6y ago
Or compared to Vietnam, which has 100 million people and less than 40 deaths.
People have just hung their hat on Sweden’s approach out of some ideological attachment that’s completely independent from how countries across the world have performed.
- lsllc 6y agoVietnam is interesting, they initially were very successfully contained COVID, but have had a resurgence over the summer that they put down to a "more infectious" strain (the "G" strain that has been prevalent in the US, Italy/Europe vs the supposedly less infectious "D" strain in Asia): https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Vietnam-fights-new-COVID-19-strain-with-higher-infection-rate https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Vietnam-fights... https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Vietnam-deploys-elite-team-to-Danang-to-curb-new-wave-of-COVID-19 https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Vietnam-deploy... But regardless, Vietnam has done quite well.
- SomeoneFromCA 6y agoYou need to look the excess death. The only true indicator. There might be hidden deaths, keeping in mind that Vietnam is not a country where the press is free.