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Originally Posted by Tom53
Sweden has a rate of just over 12% deaths per infected, the US is just under 6%. If we followed Sweden's plan we could have conceivably had 2,526,486 infected and 149,620 deaths at this point.
Deaths per million is nothing more than a statistic, and leads to a false sense of security. San Marino has a death rate of 1208/million, over 4 times US and Sweden, which resulted in 41 dead, yes 41!
Deaths per infection is reality!
So it comes down to choice, do I put my money on the chances of getting the virus, or do I go all in on the chances of surviving it.
Numbers don't lie, but they can be misused.
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Didn't we go over this already. Death rate per infection is not reality.
Death rate per infection is a statistic skewed by many things including number of tests performed, percentage of deaths that are from nursing homes (most likely to die), and how good your Doctors are.
Death rate per capita is best for judging a country's success in combating a pandemic.