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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by yazboo on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:00PM (#22873322)
Sweden has the highest death rate per capita of all developed nations.
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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by viceroyalbean on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:53AM (#22876680)
While current Swedish strategy carries a high risk of bringing it to that point, that statement is absolutely false right now. Swedish deaths per 1 million are currently 102, significantly lower than Spain (397), Italy (348), France (241), Belgium (383), etc.

Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by rileymat2 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:02AM (#22874695)
Where is that stat? The sources I have seen do not show that.
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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by CydeWeys on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @10:33AM (#22878150)
The stat that they're specifically referring to is the case fatality rate, but that has a lot more to do with the denominator (Sweden's utter failure to test) than the numerator (actual number of deaths).
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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by dx034 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @08:10AM (#22876776)
I'd like to believe that Belgium, Italy, France and others in Europe are also developed.
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