Vilified early over Covid-19 strategy, Sweden seems to have scourge controlled

Re:Vilified early over Covid-19 strategy, Sweden seems to ha... by yongjik on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:26PM (#24643412)

Deaths per 100,000 for selected countries:

    66.84 Spain
    63.26 UK
    62.50 US
    59.27 Italy
    57.74 Sweden
    36.92 Ireland
    11.30 Germany
     8.81 Turkey
     6.14 Finland
     5.79 Egypt
     3.23 Greece
     1.05 Japan
     0.45 New Zealand
     0.04 Vietnam
     0.03 Taiwan

The group of countries with better response than Sweden (or the US) comprise the majority of the world, and also diverse in terms of regions, government systems, economic development, culture, population, and area. It's hard to argue that Sweden actually did well in any subgroup.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_...

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Re:Vilified early over Covid-19 strategy, Sweden seems to ha... by smaryjerry on Thursday October 01, 2020 @11:06AM (#24651731)

Deaths attributed to the disease. Every country counts them differently. In the us if you died while having the disease you counted as a COVID death. In some countries it’s only if the disease is what killed you that you get attributed, in some they haven’t had testing available to test deaths during their peaks, and some just want to keep their numbers low to avoid getting their exports and borders shut down.

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