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Re:A Swedish doctor's perspective on Covid by Majromax on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:22PM (#24088667)
> Sweden didn’t go into total lockdown but still did a lot.

Indeed; both Sweden (https://ycharts.com/indicators/sweden_unemployment_rate) and Norway (https://ycharts.com/indicators/norway_unemployment_rate) have experienced anomalous increases in their unemployment rates that seem clearly linked to the pandemic.

If the article's thesis is correct that Sweden minimally-disrupted the status quo, then we would have expected to see little employment response.

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Re:A Swedish doctor's perspective on Covid by hiram112 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:49AM (#24089080)
That would assume Sweden's economy is completely independent of its European neighbors and even the rest of the world. In 2020, that's not true at all. Even without Covid, recessions in the US or Germany or other large economic partners will cause problems for small countries like Sweden.
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Re:A Swedish doctor's perspective on Covid by Markoff on Saturday August 08, 2020 @08:34AM (#24091164)
their economy sure shrink less than many other EU economies

assume there won't be any effect does not make sense in interconnected EU economies

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