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One thing that’s become clear to me is that looking at any two places at one point in time, comparing that day’s stats, and using that to judge/justify the Covi
by kwertyoowiyop 5y ago
One thing that’s become clear to me is that looking at any two places at one point in time, comparing that day’s stats, and using that to judge/justify the Covid policies of each on that day, is naive. We may even be in a “Moneyball” situation where we don’t know the most critical stat to measure.
- jrexilius 5y agoI do think there is, maybe a purposeful almost?, disregard for environmental conditions. The epidemiologist in question, Dr. Tegnell (interesting that the article made a distinct effort not to use any of his credentials or titles), did say that if you try to compare things in context that the results are very inconsistent: "Covid doesn’t care about history or language, it cares about socio-economic status or migrant backgrounds or crowded housing. That’s where Sweden stands out in a Nordic context, but not so much in a EU context,”" Per capita comparisons are almost meaningless as factors such as population density, public transit, climate, socio-economics, and others have significant impact.