Sweden's covid per capita death rate now the highest

[zen]

Figures published by Our World in Data shows Sweden now has the highest death rate per capita in the world. In the seven days between May 12 and 19, Sweden reported, on average, 6.25 COVID-19 deaths per million per day. 

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2020/05/23/swedens-gamble-on-coronavirus-has-it-paid-off/#6d79f6902dcd 

 

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Conspicuously, in the past week, based on a rolling seven-day average, Sweden currently has the highest per capita mortality rate in Europe, having overtaken the U.K., Italy and Belgium. In recent weeks, as deaths have decreased significantly in most other European countries, Sweden’s numbers have remained flat.

 

The death rate is notable, because Sweden has a relatively low population density, a disproportionate number of single households, and low rates of chronic conditions known to be risk factors for severe Covid-19 illness and death.

 

 

[kosingh]

Yes, the whole herd immunity isn't quite working out in Sweden. A month ago  they were thinking that they were close to herd immunity. Now they're saying only 7.3% of Stockholm had developed antibodies at the time

[rising]

The strategy they have chosen was bound have high death rate that no surprise and even for people planning would be aware of it was just media and some people going gaga over it so i guess people providing some statics show  opposite

 

Their thinking  by not going into lock down their economy will better position then rest or countries will open eventually to get back economy leading to surge in cases there or there will economic crisis leading deaths 

 

So I think we will only know how  strategy is better of or not only when COVID19 is over also I would compare them then with Norway, Denmark etc 

 

 

[velu]

if No lockdown screwed up Sweden , it could have screwed up even bigger in india ..

it will be interesting to see how pakistan is doing without any lockdown