Let’s talk about Sweden and the coronavirus. While it’s easy to find pictures of galavanting Swedes (publication bias) it’s hard to get real data that gives a sense of what’s happening on the ground there. Happy to be corrected, but it looks like a fairly tough lockdown.
does not look sustainable. I don’t know how fast people are recovering and how much warmer weather and sunlight does to this bug but yeah...this to me does not look good. We all know deaths are on a time lag so when the young people go out they come home and kill their relatives.pic.twitter.com/Ev6wkcBXzv
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So in summary, while Sweden seems to be doing pretty well it’s not some sort of free Scandinavian no lockdown paradise. It’s also definitely not a solution to the economy. America ain’t taiwan so we might as well try it but it’s also important to remember Swedes are probably way
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better at distancing and being respectful of others space than Americans are. So, Sweden’s policy is mostly an overhyped pseudo solution but at this point it doesn’t matter. It’s where we’re headed anyways.
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~40% of Stockholm has/had SARS2. Death count is lagged in two ways. Reported
#s come in late and some current cases will die. So perhaps the real number is 5k deaths. By the time this is over that might be 10-15k deaths? This isn't what people thought SARS2 was mid-march. -
Sweden can pretty much go back to normal in a month with their strategy. That isn't economic calamity. Most cities don't need to change anything or have anything closed with this new info.
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