Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to collect on economic gains

Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by rimliu on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @01:45AM (#23767226)

In my country less than 80 people have died because of the COVID-19. One can argue that many more have died because of lack of access to the medical help. Not because the health care system was overwhelmed—far from it. But the access was very limited for the sake of "preparation" to deal with COVID.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by jacquesm on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @03:35AM (#23767762)

You can argue that if you have access to the excess death figures for your country and then subtract back out the COVID-19 related deaths.

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Re:Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to colle... by Gwypaas on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @05:30PM (#23774454)

That's not a number we will know for decades. Saw an article in Sweden saying cancer detections are down 30% since the start, those undetected cancers are still developing. Unless they somehow can be caught a couple of years down the line they will sadly show up in the stats.

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