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Old 07-10-2020, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by TomPerry View Post
What are the number of positive and negative test results in these countries? Probably not testing at the same level as the USA!
The comment you are replying to contains a gigantic error.

Originally Posted by blueash
It discusses the situation in Sweden and Denmark. Neither country had the community spread we have here.


Sweden was hit very hard by the virus with 7300 confirmed cases per million, USA is 9772 per million. Sweden is ranked #12 in the world for cases per million, USA is ranked #8. So saying Sweden did not have similar community spread to USA is complete nonsense.

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So when you look at actual data from Sweden which kept schools open during entire outbreak and see zero deaths and very low positive cases in students and teachers you can see that in reality, reopening schools is not dangerous. Lots of people will make erroneous statements or quote irrelevant facts and try to convince you otherwise.

PS In regard to testing, USA has tested double the amount per capita as Sweden as I noted previously.