On what evidence basis, I ask him, is the Swedish approach based? He turns the question around. ‘We are saying that you should not adopt measures for which there is not good evidence. There is good evidence that washing hands makes a big difference but border controls don’t make a difference, and on closing schools the jury is still out.’Actually, the latest figures are that Sweden had 1,540 deaths.
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The comparison for Sweden would best be to Norway and Denmark proper. As I write, Sweden's dead count is 1580 out of a population of 10.3 million people. Norway, which is more careful/respectful/strict/whatever the word, is 181 dead out of 5.3 million people -- so a little over half the population of Sweden, but way less fatalities. Denmark proper has 5.8 million people and 364 dead from Covid-19. Sweden would do well to stop experimenting with their population.
ReplyDeleteBut read what the Swedish epidemiologist has to say about population immunity.
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