Re:The epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavi...
by joe_the_user on Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:30AM
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It's not just that Sweden has a higher death rate but that Sweden's death shows a sharp exponential rise still. This effectively in the last few days, a week ago Sweden could be pointed to as a "miracle".
The other countries that have seen these exponential indeed effectively panic and impose any measure they can - social distancing and lock since that's all they have.
As people point out, there's no absolute evidence that quarantines, lock-downs or parachutes save lives yet common sense still dictates they do more than nothing and when a disaster is approaching, do you really want to say you failed to do that could have averted mass deaths?
Moreover, the Sweden versus the other Nordic countries does seem like a better comparison because these countries arguably have similar levels of relative isolation from the world, similar health care systems and similar cultures.
The other countries that have seen these exponential indeed effectively panic and impose any measure they can - social distancing and lock since that's all they have.
As people point out, there's no absolute evidence that quarantines, lock-downs or parachutes save lives yet common sense still dictates they do more than nothing and when a disaster is approaching, do you really want to say you failed to do that could have averted mass deaths?
Moreover, the Sweden versus the other Nordic countries does seem like a better comparison because these countries arguably have similar levels of relative isolation from the world, similar health care systems and similar cultures.