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> current mitigation levels are saving a lot of suffering and a lot of lives. Explain Florida. Explain Sweden. When we jumped into this hot mess back in March
by spookthesunset 5y ago
> current mitigation levels are saving a lot of suffering and a lot of lives.
Explain Florida. Explain Sweden.
When we jumped into this hot mess back in March of 2020 there was not a shred of evidence that any of these mitigations worked. To date, there still isn't--I wouldn't trust any research conducted in the heat of the moment. People don't have a level head right now. It will take decades to fully determine what worked and what didn't.
I bothers me greatly that we are all unconsenting participants in an uncontrolled experiment. When you call all this it for what is, people gaslight you and bully you. All these "experts" are no better than witch doctors or rain dancers. They are making all these mandates with zero clue as to their efficiency. It's highly immoral and unethical.
- specialist 5y agoSweden's strategy was a disaster. IIRC, their excess death rate was 4x the other nordics. (Prior to delta. I have no idea where they stand now.) Unless you're using a different metric?
- spookthesunset 5y agoThey are middle of the pack as far as I know. Same with Florida.
- specialist 5y agoOr. You could just find out. Sweden did much worse than the other nordics. Who are very similar. The only difference being mandates. Therefore: mandates saved lives. https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-covid-no-lockdown-strategy-failed-higher-death-rate-2021-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-covid-no-lockdown-str... Middle of the pack? 145th out of 185. Worse than Russia, better than USA. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality