In the Coronavirus Fight in Scandinavia, Sweden Stands Apart

Sweden currently has 5667 COVID deaths as of July 23rd. The government announced that they expect an additional 3000 COVID deaths at minimum. This would place Sweden at the top for per capita deaths anywhere on earth with 867 COVID deaths per million population.

Grim coronavirus death toll projected in Sweden after lax approach to pandemic
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sweden-coronavirus-death-toll-projections/

Swedish health officials said Tuesday that at least another 3,000 deaths from the coronavirus are likely in the country, known for its controversial softer approach to curbing the spread and much higher death toll than its neighbors. The projection comes from one of three potential scenarios presented in a report from the country's Public Health Agency on Tuesday.

In the worst scenario, where COVID-19 was expected to follow a traditional pandemic trajectory, over 4,400 more deaths related to the virus could follow.

That would nearly double the 5,646 deaths, out of 78,166 confirmed cases, that have been recorded since the start of the pandemic.

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That headline and report is missing context.
It seem to have left out the real scenario which is actually happening.

In the mildest scenario presented, in which the spread of the virus follows current trends, just over 200 additional deaths were expected.



https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-covid-deaths-sweden-health-agency.html






gwb-trading said:
Sweden currently has 5667 COVID deaths as of July 23rd. The government announced that they expect an additional 3000 COVID deaths at minimum. This would place Sweden at the top for per capita deaths anywhere on earth with 867 COVID deaths per million population.

Grim coronavirus death toll projected in Sweden after lax approach to pandemic
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sweden-coronavirus-death-toll-projections/

Swedish health officials said Tuesday that at least another 3,000 deaths from the coronavirus are likely in the country, known for its controversial softer approach to curbing the spread and much higher death toll than its neighbors. The projection comes from one of three potential scenarios presented in a report from the country's Public Health Agency on Tuesday.

In the worst scenario, where COVID-19 was expected to follow a traditional pandemic trajectory, over 4,400 more deaths related to the virus could follow.

That would nearly double the 5,646 deaths, out of 78,166 confirmed cases, that have been recorded since the start of the pandemic.

(More at above url)
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The internet is an echo chamber.
That does not change the fact that those were projections
based on scenarios which might not happen.

The trend right now in Sweden is down to only a few deaths per day.. which projects out to about 200 more deaths.






gwb-trading said:
Of course the headline of your source is -
Another 3,000 COVID-19 deaths likely in Sweden: health agency
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Gnus said:
The internet is an echo chamber.
You can find dozens of almost the exact same headline.
That does not change the fact that those were projections
based on trends in other countries...

The trend right now in Sweden is down to only a few deaths per day.. which projects out to
about 200 more deaths.
More...

I noticed Jem disappeared again
 
Gnus said:
The trend right now in Sweden is down to only a few deaths per day.. which projects out to
about 200 more deaths.
More...

Without a vaccine infections will head up this coming winter, by how much is anyones guess at this point. But I think it will more than 200 in sweden.
 
I was pondering what happens to someone in their say 40s/50s if they get Influenza and Covid-19 at the same time and figured, just check Chile as they are in tbe middle of their flu season.

Interesting article on how covid-19 measures appear to have wiped out ordinary influenza in the southern hemisphere this year.

Of course we know with air travel down to near nothing, influenza which moves on a North-South seasonal cycle is interrupted. It simply not getting to there in its usual numbers is a part of the answer but masks and hygiene also..

Could be make some influenza variants extinct along with most if the over 200 "cold" viruses if we kept using masks for an extended period?

So we should expect to be able to subtract the flu season deaths this year.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ws...he-flu-in-the-southern-hemisphere-11595440682

For the past two months, as winter descended on Chile, infectious-disease specialist Claudia Cortés worked tirelessly to keep a wave of critically ill Covid-19 patients alive in the hospital where she works. At the same time, she worried about what would happen when the usual wave of influenza patients arrived.

They never came.

From Argentina to South Africa to New Zealand, countries in the Southern Hemisphere are reporting far lower numbers of influenza and other seasonal respiratory viral infections this year. In some countries, the flu seems to have all but disappeared, a surprise silver lining that health experts attribute to measures to corral the coronavirus, like mask use and restrictions on air travel.

The decline could be good news for health officials in the U.S. and Europe worried about a possible second wave of coronavirus infections this fall and winter. Not only is the coronavirus more likely to spread as people gather indoors during cold weather, but it is also flu season, meaning hospitals could get a double whammy of influenza and Covid-19 patients, both of whom sometimes require intensive-care treatment.

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