In the Coronavirus Fight in Scandinavia, Sweden Stands Apart
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And I showed a clear delineation between Trump being banned from Twitter and Covid deaths dropping dramatically.
So problem solved. The more trump is involved in America the more Covid deaths there are. Trump deniers hate when you post charts that contradict the success of the twitter ban.
Great, I'm glad you believe those stats are related. You are certainly entitled to your narrative and any belief that this is a valid comparison. Trump being banned from the internet might, in some distant galaxy, have something to do with COVID deaths.
Personally, I prefer my chart where it simply compares the same exact statistics over two countries where one chief disparity is that one locked down rather severely, and one didn't lock down.
If you cannot see the difference between these examples, then you are certainly doing exactly what I accused you of. And that, of course, is your right.
As another very relevant data point to consider in the search for truth.
Too bad you rule out the relevancy or value of such comparison.
Likely under-reporting by Japan.
Lol. Look I’m not saying country comparisons aren’t interesting but grabbing two charts that look alike to try to claim it proves there’s no difference between “lockdown” and “non-lockdown” does not tell the story because basic compliance with the simple measures of mask, distance, don’t gather will work. If your chart shows anything, it’s that neither country is truly in a “lockdown” state, or at least they do not have compliance with scientifically accepted best practices.
I think you would be best in arguing if a country isn’t going to be in compliance with best Covid prevention practices they might as well “open up.” However, then you would have to look at economic comparisons and that’s as dicey as mortality comparisons because not every country responded to Covid with economic stimulus and relief in the same way.
My opinion is that many countries in Asia are going to show the best outcomes in mortality and economics due to generally high compliance to best practices. We will see in the next year or so.
We don't know and I know that I come dangerously close to saying something positive about Americans and other countries (can't have that) but there is the argument that the flu rate this winter has been dramatically lower and can possibly be attributed to people showing some compliant behavior even more the vaccine factor arrived. In other words, the precautions taken against covid have resulted in less flu as well so possibly lots of people have been being good in meaningful numbers.
Sweden performed just a poorly economically as the rest of the EU. Sweden performed worse than its neighbors.
So Sweden did a TWOFER FAILURE. They managed to both TOTALLY TANK THEIR ECONOMY and HAVE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF COVID DEATHS compared to their neighbors. Great job at addressing both variables in the equation and then coming up with the results of massively bad numbers for both.