Sweden's government said "no lockdown." The result?

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@Jezcoe

Over a year we should see a natural wane in the infection as mitigation efforts improve naturally.

That’s the hope. We’re already seeing second waves begin. I’m holding off assessments of how well we do till that and the third (if there is one) pass.

@Jezcoe

This will also happen in the neighboring countries to Sweden.

Possibly. I tend to reject the limitation of comparison to neighboring countries, though.

@Jezcoe

The difference is that Sweden will have a lot more dead people than it’s neighbors.

Maybe, maybe not. Even likely not. We’ll see. The fact remains that Sweden is far from a miserable apocalyptic picture. People were expecting a much more dire scenario that never played out.

@Jezcoe

That isn’t a success.

We’ll see.

Of course, Sweden did advocate for social distancing and mask wearing quite early. We shouldnt pretend that didnt have an effect on their getting a handle on reigning in the curve far faster than so many places in the US.

[Jezcoe]

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@Jezcoe

Over a year we should see a natural wane in the infection as mitigation efforts improve naturally.

That’s the hope. We’re already seeing second waves begin. I’m holding off assessments of how well we do till that and the third (if there is one) pass.

@Jezcoe

This will also happen in the neighboring countries to Sweden.

Possibly. I tend to reject the limitation of comparison to neighboring countries, though.

@Jezcoe

The difference is that Sweden will have a lot more dead people than it’s neighbors.

Maybe, maybe not. Even likely not. We’ll see. The fact remains that Sweden is far from a miserable apocalyptic picture. People were expecting a much more dire scenario that never played out.

@Jezcoe

That isn’t a success.

We’ll see.

Of course, Sweden did advocate for social distancing and mask wearing quite early. We shouldnt pretend that didnt have an effect on their getting a handle on reigning in the curve far faster than so many places in the US.

The US is still in the first wave. We never got it under control here.

I see that comparing neighboring countries to Sweden is useful. They have similar demographics, culture, health care systems and forms of government To me it is a valid comparison. More valid than comparing an entire country to a US city.

I am also not saying that Sweden is Apocalyptic, it is just that their outcomes are worse.

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@Jezcoe

The US is still in the first wave. We never got it under control here.

Yep. We’ve bungled from day 1 and are paying the price.

@Jezcoe

I am also not saying that Sweden is Apocalyptic, it is just that their outcomes are worse.

Cant argue with that.

[westaussie]

Presumably a comparison with neighbouring countries like Finland, Denmark and Norway would be more appropriate.

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@westaussie

Presumably a comparison with neighbouring countries like Finland, Denmark and Norway would be more appropriate.

Why?

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