Ah, so only compare Sweden to Finland and Norway, but compare Florida to Canada. I see. Should we select the time frame between 12:32 in the afternoon on Tuesday August 2nd and 5:13PM on Thursday the 15th as well? Figures never lie, but liars (and NPCs) always figure. It's right there, baby,. #52 out of all countries. winner winner chicken dinner!
Comparing countries with similar climates, populations, social habits, and other factors makes sense for providing the best context regarding if disease prevention measures works. Even the government of Sweden admitted their measures completed failed before reverting the lockdowns and restrictions. It cannot get much more clear than this. You and others were the ones pushing the Florida/Canada comparisons -- go have at it all you want.
I'm not pushing any Canada comparison. Your best friend was. So give me the specific variables that make Finland and Norway acceptable, but not Belgium or Germany. The specific variables. Not just because the numbers work in your favor, of course. If Finland were worse, you'd tell us all the bullshit as to why it couldn't be used as an acceptable comparison.
If you think Sweden was a success then go contact their former Prime Minister and other government officials who all stated directly the Covid response in Sweden was a complete failure. Convince them they should proclaim their success. LOL
Hey man, I'm not interested in narratives you and your fellow NPCs push. Data, baby. its right there. #52 on the list.
Be careful when visiting Sweden -- you never know what you will pick up. You're more likely to get Covid from the Swedish bikini team than VD. Latvian president tested positive for coronavirus after Sweden trip https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...ive-coronavirus-after-sweden-trip-2021-10-14/
The Message: Protect your family -- get the jab Link between COVID vaccination and reduced household transmission, Swedish study finds https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211011110812.htm Summary: People without immunity against COVID-19 were at considerably lower risk of infection and hospitalization as the number of family members with immunity from a previous infection or full vaccination increased, according to a new study from Sweden. People without immunity against COVID-19 were at considerably lower risk of infection and hospitalization as the number of family members with immunity from a previous infection or full vaccination increased. This is shown in a nationwide study performed by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden. "The results strongly suggest that vaccination is important not only for individual protection, but also for reducing transmission, especially within families, which is a high-risk environment for transmission," says Peter Nordström, professor of geriatric medicine at Umeå University. There is a vast body of research showing that vaccines strongly reduce the risk of COVID-19. However, less is known about the influence of vaccination on transmission of the virus in high-risk environments, such as within families. This is what researchers at Umeå University aimed to investigate in a new study. In the study, the researchers found that there was a dose-response association between the number of immune individuals in each family and the risk of infection and hospitalization in non-immune family members. Specifically, non-immune family members had a 45 to 97 per cent lower risk of infection and hospitalization, as the number of immune family members increased. The study is a nationwide, registry-based study of more than 1.8 million individuals from more than 800,000 families. The researchers combined registry data from the Public Health Agency of Sweden, the National Board of Health and Welfare, and from Statistics Sweden, which is the government agency that oversees statistical data. In the analysis, the researchers quantified the association between the number of family members with immunity against COVID-19 and the risk of infection and hospitalization in nonimmune individuals. The researchers accounted for differences in age, socioeconomic status, clustering within families, and several diagnoses previously identified as risk factors for COVID-19 in the Swedish population. "It seems as if vaccination helps not only to reduce the individual's risk of becoming infected, but also to reduce transmission, which in turn minimizes not only the risk that more people become critically il, but also that new problematic variants emerge and start to take over. Consequently, ensuring that many people are vaccinated has implications on a local, national, and global scale," says Marcel Ballin, doctoral student in geriatric medicine at Umeå University and co-author of the study. Story Source: Materials provided by Umea University. Original written by Ola Nilsson. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Journal Reference: Peter Nordström, Marcel Ballin, Anna Nordström. Association Between Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Nonimmune Individuals and COVID-19 Immunity in Their Family Members. JAMA Internal Medicine, Oct. 11, 2021; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5814
The final report is due next which will address the failure of Sweden's no-lockdown strategy in more detail. Sweden acted too slowly as pandemic swept country, commission finds https://www.reuters.com/world/sweden-acted-too-slowly-pandemic-hit-commission-finds-2021-10-29/ Sweden's response to the spread of coronavirus was too slow and preparations to handle a pandemic were insufficient, a commission investigating the country's response to COVID-19 said on Friday. Sweden's early strategy, shunning lockdowns and measures such as face masks and only gradually tightening curbs, made the country an outlier in the first year of the pandemic when many countries across Europe chose to implement tougher restrictions. The commission said it would address Sweden's no-lockdown strategy in its final report, but that its preliminary findings showed that measures were introduced late both in relation to the country's Nordic neighbours and the spread of the virus in Sweden during the spring of 2020. "Sweden's handling of the pandemic has been marked by a slowness of response," the commission said. "The initial disease prevention and control measures were insufficient to stop or even substantially limit the spread of the virus in the country." The commission, appointed by the government amid pressure from parliament, also noted that it had taken "far too long" to build sufficient testing capacity with initially only targeted groups, such as healthcare staff, being tested. Authorities relied heavily on voluntary recommendations for people to socially distance and wash their hands, and public places such as schools, restaurants and businesses remained largely open, with the government leaving much of the responsibility for fighting the virus with the health agency and its chief epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell. Sweden has recorded more than 15,000 deaths from coronavirus, many times the per capita level of its Nordic neighbours that implemented tougher restrictions, but still lower than many countries that locked down tightly, such as Britain. Its pandemic strategy has been controversial at home and abroad. Critics have called it reckless and cruel but the approach has also earned praise for being more sustainable and business-friendly and as a model for living with the virus as it becomes endemic. Restrictions were gradually tightened in later waves of the pandemic before Sweden, along with other Western countries, began abandoning curbs following the rollout of vaccines. Nearly all restrictions have now been lifted. The commission investigating the coronavirus response has no legal power beyond making public its findings with the aim of improving Sweden's ability to handle pandemics and similar situations.