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| ▲ | abenga 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | There are countries that did not shut down (Sweden comes to mind). Do you have some quantitative comparison of the reduced damage done there? | | |
| ▲ | arw0n 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Overall, Sweden didn't fare worse than other European countries with harder measures. But these things are really difficult to compare due to geographic and cultural issues. Sweden is quite rural. Swedes value personal distance, and from my limited experience they easily more readily conform to rules and social norms, so I would assume there was less close contact, and better adherence to the few rules given out. The US btw. also is largely rural/sub-urban, which should significantly reduce the risk of infection. I think almost all of my colds and flues I got on the metro or the overcrowded super-market. | |
| ▲ | firesteelrain 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yes, there was one study showing that Sweden fared better than the US. However the US as a whole, some of the States, are the sizes of countries. So you get a patchwork comparison. We would have to find a state with similar demographics, culture, economy, etc to compare. [1] https://www.cato.org/blog/sweden-during-pandemic-pariah-or-p... |
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| ▲ | the_gipsy 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | You too will be old and weak one day. | | |
| ▲ | firesteelrain 5 days ago | parent [-] | | My in laws are old and weak. They just played it safe. But didn’t stay isolated from their grandkids unless they were sick My mother in law has two forms of cancer. FIL before he died post COVID had all sorts of complications. He didn’t stop living his life. | | |
| ▲ | the_gipsy 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Anecdotal, Dunning Kruger. Just look at the fucking statistics. Old and weak people died, because we didn't lock down enough, for the sake of the fucking economy. Unbelievable. | | |
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