Ever heard of the phrase "better late than never"?
Third result for "Sweden undercount covid deaths": https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/30/swed-a30.html@IdleRich Source?
It's true!
I don't see much difference between completely ignoring stats you don't like and inventing ones you do - at least I was obviously joking and made that clear in the next post. I'm not actually basing my arguments on selected facts and stats.You're making things up and Mr Tea gets his info from a single anonymous source in a satirical magazine.
I wasn't replying to the phrases thing.But what about 'closing the gate after the horse has bolted'?
It's a wealthy country with very good health and social care, and good levels of public health generally, and quite possibly most of their very vulnerable have died already.@IdleRich You need to explain how Sweden can have had weeks of increasing cases with no increasing deaths.
In addition, elderly in Sweden had been under instruction, or at least advice, to self-isolate - until four days ago, that is: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sweden-tells-elderly-end-isolation-091222177.html@IdleRich You need to explain how Sweden can have had weeks of increasing cases with no increasing deaths.
and quite possibly most of their very vulnerable have died already.
Broadly, across the world, deaths are a function of cases.
Seemingly yes. But until we have deaths inversely proportional to cases then surely reducing cases has to be a good thing.The function changes as the outbreak develops; this is why the CFR and IFR decrease over time.
It seems to me that if food shops shut at 8pm every day, then all the people (who still need to eat) will do their shopping in a smaller window and so the shop will be more crowded when it is open, social distancing will be harder, and the virus is more likely to spread. What am I missing here?intensive care units will be overrun in a fortnight if the current rate of infection continues, a spokesman for country’s Covid-19 crisis centre has said, writes Daniel Boffey, the Guardian’s Brussels bureau chief.
Dr Yves Van Laethem said the 2000 intensive care beds would be full with patients without a change of course.
An average of 12,491 new coronavirus infections were recorded per day between 16 and 22 October, up 44% than the previous week.
Daily hospital admissions over the same period were up 85% week-on-week to 467.7 on average a day. There are currently 4,827 people being treated in hospital for Covid-19, including 757 people in intensive care
On Monday morning, new regulations came into force in Brussels, where the rate of infections has been particularly high. Sports centres and gyms have been forced to close. Shops have been told to shut by 8pm every day and the half-term school break next week will be extended by three days.
Seemingly yes. But until we have deaths inversely proportional to cases then surely reducing cases has to be a good thing.
It seems to me that if food shops shut at 8pm every day, then all the people (who still need to eat) will do their shopping in a smaller window and so the shop will be more crowded when it is open, social distancing will be harder, and the virus is more likely to spread. What am I missing here?