Biggest single day deaths here in Sweden, US equivalent of 3700, US-equivalent 16,600+ new cases

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259,000 US equivalent cases. The new cases broke a downward trend, so we will have to see what happens the next several days, and we still are not wide-scale testing at all, and are not in lockdown.



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this article below was posted only 9 hours ago but says we have only 477 deaths, now we have 618 and counting


Sweden, which refused to implement a coronavirus lockdown, has so far avoided a mass outbreak. Now it's bracing for a potential surge in deaths.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-sweden-no-lockdown-test-thousands-deaths-expected-2020-4?r=US&IR=T

[hlthe2b]

1. Honestly, I don't get Sweden. What are they thinking?

[Celerity]

4. they think we can get to herd immunity via a controlled slow burn and not overwhelm the medical

system, plus not blow out the economy. If not herd immunity via natural pathogen dispersal, then hold on until the vaccine comes.

Massive gamble, and we have no idea if it will work. The next 2 weeks are so crucial.

[hlthe2b]

5. Ole Boris thought the same for the UK until more sane people pointed out the death rates

Herd immunity is a wonderful prospect, but the risks one takes to get there quckly sans any intervention are to me inconceivable.

[DrToast]

2. Not sure the Swedish experiment is going to work

But I wish them well!

[mitch96]

3. Holy crap.. that like over 7% of the number infected die.. US is like 3% .......nt

[Celerity]

6. Yes, but we are amongst the least-testing nations in the advanced world, so our case numbers are not

reliable. You only get tested if you are symptomatic and in a high risk group or if you end up in the ICU.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. Who could have seen that coming?

[Celerity]

8. Anders Tegnell said today that the deaths are not all from one day, but offered no proof so far

He said we are averaging 40 deaths a day, but offered no hard evidence of that. We are in the dark (TBF so are most countries.)