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Sweden had one of the highest death rates in Europe during the first wave and did not fare so well on the second wave of the pandemic either. Their own governme
by kamranjon 4y ago
Sweden had one of the highest death rates in Europe during the first wave and did not fare so well on the second wave of the pandemic either. Their own government formed a commision that concluded they were unprepared and that earlier and more extensive action should have been taken before the first wave.
- midoridensha 4y agoThis doesn't answer the OP's question: "What does Sweden do differently in their scientific community..." Obviously, they're doing something very differently, though with the pandemic it seems, the results weren't very good.
- nwienert 4y agoTotal excess mortality compared pre and post pandemic they are likely the very best of all euro countries. There were a few extensive Twitter threads into this recently, but the latest data is showing they likely did at or near the best.
- hnra 4y agoSweden had a lower or same excess death rates than almost all other European countries [1]. The large death spikes early on in the pandemic can be mostly explained by the fact that Sweden had a much lower death rate among its elderly population in the years preceding the pandemic (if I recall correctly). [1]: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-per-100k-economist?country=OWID_WRL~CHN~IND~USA~IDN~BRA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-deaths-cumulative-...