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Sure, practically, it would have been more efficient to go Sweden-style scorched earth. What I want done better next time, is building an "off switch" into the
by sdwr 4y ago
Sure, practically, it would have been more efficient to go Sweden-style scorched earth.
What I want done better next time, is building an "off switch" into the messaging. It should have been made clear from the start that COVID was temporary and would settle down into background flu noise in a few years. The danger has dissipated a lot faster than the hype. My local university just transitioned from "masks required" to "masks recommended", and the vaccine has been available for 1.5 years already.
- User23 4y agoSweden? Look at Jamaica. Absolutely no impact from covid.
- Retric 4y agoJamaica had significantly more deaths from COVID than the global average. 3,476 deaths out of 3 million people is 1.16 deaths per 1000 people. Global average is 6,713,093 deaths from 8 billion people or 0.84 deaths per 1,000 people. Granted there is likely underreporting in global numbers. The real difference is simply the age of the population. Jamaica has a median age of 29.4 years old, where Italy which got hit even harder with 3 deaths per 1,000 people has a median age of 46.5. This is also why the developing world got out so easily: https://www.statista.com/statistics/829732/global-population-by-age/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/829732/global-population...
- bsder 4y agoSweden's death totals per capita are still somewhere around 2x to 3x their neighbors. Is that a success? Certainly not unequivocally.
- incrudible 4y agoMisleading. In terms of all cause mortality, Sweden is the clear winner in Europe.