And Texas Caves In
The last bastion of sanity has jumped on the "stay at home" bandwagon. They just sent me an email that they have closed all state parks to save the 1% who may die from the dreaded super virus. Texas...
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rexlion wrote:Sweden’ approach was to protect the most vulnerable while letting the stronger to get infected to build herd immunity. Their approach hasn’t protected the most vulnerable.
Sweden took a good, common-sense approach that is less restrictive and less demanding than the North American approach. I like what they're doing.
Sweden’s flawed coronavirus battle plan hits the poor & elderly, resulting in worst death count among Nordic countries
The authorities have been repeating for weeks that the paramount aim of their strategy is to protect the elderly. But 40 percent of all victims were infected in homes housing them. And while no testing has been provided to the personnel taking care of these elderly, the virus has reached one third of Stockholm nursing homes. The vast majority of Covid-19 deaths in Sweden corresponds to people aged over 70.
But they are building herd immunity faster than their neighboring countries.
In only three days, the total fatalities in Sweden due to the current epidemic rose from 477 to 881. While the problem started roughly about the same time in all the Scandinavian countries, Sweden’s stats are among the worst.
Sweden has not only the highest rate of fatalities per capita, but also the total death toll is higher than that of all the other Nordic countries put together. As of April 10, Sweden has 86 Covid-19 fatalities per one million of population, while Finland has nine, Norway 20, and Denmark 43. (The U.S. has 47, and Russia 0.5 Covid-19 fatalities per one million, respectively).
The good news for Sweden is they have much lower rates than in the USA of the underlying conditions for Covid-19 (obesity, diabetes, respiratory conditions, etc).
