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Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by m0llusk on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:20PM
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You are distorting the numbers for political ends. The majority of those deaths were among urban immigrants or elders in care homes, both of which are unusually large subsets of the population in Sweden. Sloppy math does not save lives.
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by techsin101 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:34PM
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Are you claiming that population composition and urbanization between Sweden and neighboring countries is significantly different?
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by apurtbapurt on Sunday September 19, 2021 @04:20PM
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Extremely different. Sweden has 20% foreign born inhabitants.
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by techsin101 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @09:54PM
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Foreign born, as in Immigrants. Immigrants tend to be working age people, i.e. on young side. This fact only works against your argument.
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by mcnamaratw on Sunday September 19, 2021 @06:23PM
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Would you like to put those numbers in deaths per 100,000?
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by FiggyPudding on Monday September 20, 2021 @12:13AM
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Probably not. Because that turns lives into statistics and he is making an emotional appeal about the 10000 theoretical families affected by lost loved ones.
I for example, frequently look at local hospitalization rates and remind myself that a good number of them are mothers and fathers on ventilators so I can't F about in public like everyone else while the numbers are rising so I reduce risk of leaving my wife alone with kids while I'm stuck in a hospital bed for a week or 2 and the worry about keeping up on the rent that follows. -not perfectly healthy
I'm vaccinated but I think that just makes me certain to not die, but not necessarily keep me out of a hospital bed.
Sometimes it helps to remind numbers are people.
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by AnthonBerg on Monday September 20, 2021 @02:38AM
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Why would I do that for you? Click the link and do the work.
Re:Why does no one ever talk about Sweden anymore?
by FiggyPudding on Monday September 20, 2021 @01:12AM
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Throwing around 'psychopaths' remember a good number of people grow up with abuse or neglect. Probably easier for them not to care about distant strangers and meaningless numbers. We are a vast planet with 99.99% of people in need of serious therapy. (Probably everyone)
I'm curious the statistics of how many people have lost a close contact in the pandemic to COVID. Maybe a lot of deaths are neglected parents and grandparents which is why it seems like so few people care about taking COVID precautions seriously anymore. In the US it seems we are past fatigue into exhaution in the majority even as cases continue in the unvaccinated kids and adults.