When comparing countries like Sweden, Denmark and Norway who have very similar geographical, population, population density, societal structure, and healthcare system who all saw the first of the Coronavirus cases in the same timeline as one another it is very comparable to have the death rates of the countries compared to one another.
I do agree that the the deaths per capita is a better number to use for comparisons hence why I've used it over and over along the death rate. But my point is this which I have made numerous times is that Sweden has not been as successful as it's immediate border neighbours Denmark and Norway who both instituted strict measures, meanwhile there are some posters who keep touting what Sweden is doing is working and have used the same daily death numbers decrease dating back to April 12th as evidence of their success, and that we should emulate it here in Canada all in an attempt to open businesses up, but the facts continue to prove otherwise. Sweden is on the verge of having their healthcare system overburdened due to their inactions in the fight against the Coronavirus.
When these posters were touting Sweden as a model to emulate here as soon as they had a two day drop in the numbers of cases and numbers of deaths on April 12 I told these posters that Sweden's numbers weren't going to magically subside because of a two day drop, and these numbers will keep going up until they have some social distancing measures in place and Sweden is not a model to emulate here.
It really doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at the current statistics from Sweden, and compare it to Norway and Denmark then figure out which country is doing better now and then combine the statistics with the facts revolving around the Coronavirus into consideration and come to an educated guess of which country will fare better in the long run. Thankfully some of us have that critical thinking and don't need right wing nut bar websites or social media feeds to give us their false version of that information.
"We do not have to go to Mars to tell us what to do. We only have to look to Sweden."
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