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re: Daily COVID Updated as of 11/2/20 8:00 PM
Posted on 9/10/20 at 5:50 am to AUMIS01
Posted on 9/10/20 at 5:50 am to AUMIS01
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Amazingly enough, I'm still seeing articles weekly saying Sweden fricked up. Then I look at their charts on Worldometer and am apparently seeing something different than what these "journalists" are saying.
Sweden has definitely gotten their response together. I suspect they were helped by the fact that fact that 40% of their households have a single occupant, which is the highest in the world. Where they get dinged is how they had so much more avoidable mortality and no better economic performance than their Scandanavian neighbors. Clearly some people would make the trade to keep a few more things open at the cost of a few thousand lives, especially if they themselves and those important to them feel at relatively low risk, but populations of countries that locked down early and minimized the outbreak have high approvals from their electorates.
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Posted on 9/10/20 at 7:20 am to TigerDoc
The economy thing is bullshite. If every country did what they did, the economy would be good everywhere.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 7:22 am to TigerDoc
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Clearly some people would make the trade to keep a few more things open at the cost of a few thousand lives
If we lowered the speed limit to 55, how many thousands of lives would we save?
How about if we did away with fuel economy standards?
Posted on 9/10/20 at 7:36 am to TigerDoc
You’re the equivalent of an annoying mosquito.
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:26 am to TigerDoc
Georgia and Sweden have roughly the same population, and we have now exceeded their death toll. The problem with this "avoidable mortality" concept is there's no way to build data that would convince you you're wrong.
Bet if you compare suicide rates and other preventable deaths, i.e. cancer centers being shut down here, in many cases for several months, the numbers are even more stark. Were those deaths avoidable? You bet they were.
Bet if you compare suicide rates and other preventable deaths, i.e. cancer centers being shut down here, in many cases for several months, the numbers are even more stark. Were those deaths avoidable? You bet they were.
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