Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle...
by newacct583 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @09:42PM
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> You have to look at [confounding factor] [... therefore] In other words, comparing countries by their Covid deaths/capita rates is meaningless.
Sorry, that's wrong. The fact that there is uncertainty in data (which there always is) doesn't mean we can't make legitimate inferences from the data we have. Sweden is clearly, via many metrics (INCLUDING excess deaths), experiencing very elevated mortality rates due to covid. That's just obvious.
No, the science isn't done yet (and won't be for years, probably) to nail down exactly how much they're seeing. But we can ballpark it pretty well, and it's bad.
Sorry, that's wrong. The fact that there is uncertainty in data (which there always is) doesn't mean we can't make legitimate inferences from the data we have. Sweden is clearly, via many metrics (INCLUDING excess deaths), experiencing very elevated mortality rates due to covid. That's just obvious.
No, the science isn't done yet (and won't be for years, probably) to nail down exactly how much they're seeing. But we can ballpark it pretty well, and it's bad.