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He means the goal posts moved from "flattening the curve" to "save every last life". Maybe the goal shouldn't be to save every last life but to strike a better

• pwinnski 6y ago
  They also have the highest unemployment rate among neighboring countries, so it doesn't seem like they continued living their lives freely, either. In some places, like Sweden, many people have voluntarily adopted policies much more strict than required by law. In other places, like the US, many people have chosen to live lives much less strict than required by law. Government mandates alone don't make as good a basis for comparison as actual activity.
  • luckylion 6y ago
    The unemployment rate has been higher in Sweden than in Denmark before Covid-19 though, and similar to Norway (which it is today as well). It doesn't seem to have moved very differently from the neighboring countries. Useful statistics will hardly be available until the pandemic has come to a hold. It's too early to tell if e.g. Germany's approach of avoiding unemployment by massively increasing public debt is successful in the long run.