Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits mistakes

Re:Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits m... by philjohn on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @05:11AM (#23401478)

Problem is you can't just extrapolate Sweden to other countries ... UK for example has higher levels of obesity and Type II diabetes, which are both known prognostic indicators for a worse outcome.

They also have a better-funded health system than the UK and lower population density.

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Re:Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits m... by collyw on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @08:24AM (#23402560)

Overall they have lower population density but how does that translate to reality when 1/3 of their population lives in cities?

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Re:Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits m... by dijit on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:18AM (#23404318)

Swedish cities are far less dense than British ones.

Stockholm has an equivalent density to Bristol in the UK, which doesn't even break top 10 in terms of City size. (4,200~/km2 each).

London is 35%~ more dense in the urban area (5,666~/km2) and there's a large portion of the UK that is in between those cities regarding density.

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Re:Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits m... by rumanator on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:31PM (#23405308)

> but how does that translate to reality when 1/3 of their population lives in cities?

Population density correlates with exposure, specially if we consider mass transit systems.

To put things in perspective:

* Stockholm: population 910k, density 4200/km2,

* Madrid: population 6617k, density 5400/km2,

* Milan: population 3140k, density 7550/km2.

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