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Re:Deaths due to Covid-19 compared with deaths from influenz... by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:52AM (#24717538)
Note that despite what you might think, Swedes do socially distance. So if they have what looks like a bad flu season despite all the changes to everyday life you can assume that it's at the very least worse than influenza for which no such restrictions are done.
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Re:Deaths due to Covid-19 compared with deaths from influenz... by richrichardsson on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:59AM (#24717603)
I've seen a joke that is along the lines of, "Swedes are looking forward to the relaxing of the 2m social distancing rule, so that they can resume the 10m social distancing of the past."

I'm of the opinion that comparing countries is mostly a pointless exercise, because there are so many variables involved.

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Re:Deaths due to Covid-19 compared with deaths from influenz... by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday October 08, 2020 @06:03AM (#24717629)
Agreed. But you can compare Sweden to itself and it's pretty clear that Sweden had a much stronger reduced social life during Covid compared to the mentioned flu seasons.
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