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Originally Posted by GoodLife
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.
Current COVID-19 situation - COVID 19 graph & data
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. |
I too was interested in how the Swedish approach would work out. Not well, as it turns out.
Death Rates per 100,000:
Norway 4.7
Finland 6.0
Denmark 10.5
Sweden 54.0
Sweden's economy is in the tank, just like everyone else's. Just saw an interview with a Swedish restaurateur. She had three restaurants, 150 employees. She's down to one restaurant, 10 employees. You can't fix the economy until you squash the virus. We had our chance when we quenched the first wave - then we blew it.
BTW, South Korea, Japan, Iceland, New Zealand squashed the virus, now their economies are full steam ahead (with the exception of no crowds at sporting events). Simple approach - large-scale testing, tracing, and isolation, something the greatest country in the world couldn't manage.
New Zealand 0.5
South Korea 0.6
Japan 0.8
Iceland 2.8
U.S. 40.7