Re:Evaluation of science advice during the Covid-19 pandemic...
by timr on Saturday March 26, 2022 @07:44AM
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"Better" in the sense that it makes them look worse, and some people prefer this version of events? Perhaps.
But if you compare across all of Europe by deaths per capita, they're near the best performers on the list (#13; #12 in continental Europe), and the only reason those specific countries look better is because they're the top three in continental Europe (they're also smaller countries; see below):
In particular, the UK, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy and Portugal all did worse, despite far more significant impositions on society.
It's also important to know that worldwide, there's a clear dependence of per-capita deaths on population (greater population -> greater deaths per capita):
And that Denmark has a population of ~5.8M, Norway 5.4M, and Sweden 10.4M. This alone should make you question any simple narrative involving interventions and outcome.
But if you compare across all of Europe by deaths per capita, they're near the best performers on the list (#13; #12 in continental Europe), and the only reason those specific countries look better is because they're the top three in continental Europe (they're also smaller countries; see below):
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1111779/coronavirus-deat...
In particular, the UK, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy and Portugal all did worse, despite far more significant impositions on society.
It's also important to know that worldwide, there's a clear dependence of per-capita deaths on population (greater population -> greater deaths per capita):
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality (second plot; deaths per 100k population tab)
And that Denmark has a population of ~5.8M, Norway 5.4M, and Sweden 10.4M. This alone should make you question any simple narrative involving interventions and outcome.