New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529

Re:New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529 by l33tman on Friday November 26, 2021 @05:34PM (#29354950)

The aggregated over-mortality rate for Sweden at this point puts it in the lower part among the EU, at place 21 of 31 compared countries IIRC. The covid-related death-count at 15000 has been more or less constant since May even while it's surging now in the other countries.

Besides, people keep comparing Sweden to Norway, Denmark and Finland, which is a bad comparison as the demographies are very different.

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Re:New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529 by SeanLuke on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:59PM (#29355626)

And yet you just decided to compare it to a host of EU countries whose demographics are radically different from Sweden.

Rather surprised you don't think Norway and Denmark are appropriate peers against which to compare Sweden. So please provide better suggestions for peers, rather than comparing it as you are, apparently, against Greece.

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Re:New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529 by sgt on Saturday November 27, 2021 @04:51AM (#29358963)

That's a bizarre statement. Sweden is almost directly comparable to Norway and Denmark at the very least. Finland too.

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