DannyTS
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Sweden is doing really well even if most of the media coverage would leave the impression that Sweden has paid a steep price in human lives and that it has failed economically. Therefore the rest of the world was supposedly right to implement draconian lock-downs and other measures. Let's look at the data
1) Human lives
This is the graph that represents the C19 deaths in Sweden. The trend has been down since April and in the last week (July 12th-July 19th) the deaths have been zero or near zero.
To visualize in relative terms the number of deaths/day, this is a comparison Sweden/NY
Let's compare Sweden with individual US states and other countries. In terms of deaths per 1,000,000 people, Sweden is actually number 17 after New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, District Of Columbia, Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland, San Marino, Belgium, Andorra, UK, Spain, Italy. Interesting to note that DC and Rhode Island have 50% more deaths/1M population and that New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts have 200%-300% more deaths/1M pop than Sweden.
I know some will only want to compare Sweden to the Nordic countries but that does not fly due to early spring break in Sweden and other considerations that made Sweden start from a much higher number of infected people than their neighbors. Let's also note that unfortunately Pennsylvania will probably exceed Sweden soon in deaths/1M pop so Sweden will drop to number 18 on that list and that a lot of other countries should be on the chart doing worse than Sweden but they do not test much.
In any case, Sweden was supposed to be the funerary home of the planet but the data does not support their critics. They have done better than many others without lock-downs and mandatory masks, with schools, restaurants, bars and businesses open. Could have they done even better? Sure, they also made mistakes along the way. Without those their situation would have been even better.
2) The economy
In Sweden the unemployment is up less than 2% compared to an increase of 12% in New York, not to mention that there are states that are doing even worse.
1) Human lives
This is the graph that represents the C19 deaths in Sweden. The trend has been down since April and in the last week (July 12th-July 19th) the deaths have been zero or near zero.
Bekräftade fall av covid-19 i Sverige
Senaste uppdateringarna om utbrottet av coronavirussjukdom (covid-19). Sidan uppdateras dagligen med antal fall kl. 14:00 eller när statistiken är sammanställd.
www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se
To visualize in relative terms the number of deaths/day, this is a comparison Sweden/NY
Let's compare Sweden with individual US states and other countries. In terms of deaths per 1,000,000 people, Sweden is actually number 17 after New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, District Of Columbia, Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois, Maryland, San Marino, Belgium, Andorra, UK, Spain, Italy. Interesting to note that DC and Rhode Island have 50% more deaths/1M population and that New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts have 200%-300% more deaths/1M pop than Sweden.
I know some will only want to compare Sweden to the Nordic countries but that does not fly due to early spring break in Sweden and other considerations that made Sweden start from a much higher number of infected people than their neighbors. Let's also note that unfortunately Pennsylvania will probably exceed Sweden soon in deaths/1M pop so Sweden will drop to number 18 on that list and that a lot of other countries should be on the chart doing worse than Sweden but they do not test much.
In any case, Sweden was supposed to be the funerary home of the planet but the data does not support their critics. They have done better than many others without lock-downs and mandatory masks, with schools, restaurants, bars and businesses open. Could have they done even better? Sure, they also made mistakes along the way. Without those their situation would have been even better.
2) The economy
In Sweden the unemployment is up less than 2% compared to an increase of 12% in New York, not to mention that there are states that are doing even worse.
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