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Sweden did not have a lockdown. Experts predicted that it would have 40,000 COVID-19 deaths by May 1. The actual number was 2,769.
Wordpress ^ | May 5, 2020 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on 05/05/2020 7:44:59 AM PDT by grundle

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1 posted on 05/05/2020 7:44:59 AM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle

Three happy cheers for Sweden.


2 posted on 05/05/2020 7:48:27 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: grundle

More bad news for fearpers


3 posted on 05/05/2020 7:50:34 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: grundle

MORE PROOF.

Open things up.
Protect the most vulnerable.
Allow the virus to work it’s way thru the young and strong.


4 posted on 05/05/2020 7:50:49 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: grundle

It almost sounds as if we didn’t need to throw 30-50 million people out of work, create a Depression and destroy the Greatest Economy in World History. But Hey, Our Public Masters have showed us all what they are made of and how they will respond to the next Fake Crisis.


5 posted on 05/05/2020 7:51:05 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: grundle

We need to follow the Swedish model.


6 posted on 05/05/2020 7:52:15 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: grundle
the implication in this article is that government's action is the key variable.

With government's action or without government action.
The difference may well be that one country washed their hands more often or do not socialize in the same way.

8 posted on 05/05/2020 7:53:42 AM PDT by oldbrowser (The government did not create the people. The people created the government)
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To: grundle

Sweden’s numbers are on the high side, in terms of just about everything: cases per million, deaths per million, etc. It ranks up among some of the more affected states in the US.

In addition, I just saw today that Sweden already has a culture of social distancing, so that some of the measures that a government would have taken to impose social distancing were already embedded in people’s behaviors.

In any case, Sweden is not a shining example of a country that allowed life to go on as usual despite a killer virus that spreads as easily as the common cold.


9 posted on 05/05/2020 7:54:30 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org)
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Yes, that death total, scaled up to the US population’s size is over 100,000 and still climbing.


10 posted on 05/05/2020 7:57:08 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: grundle

So, um, when do WE open back up totally? Huh?


11 posted on 05/05/2020 7:58:02 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: The 10th Legion

Or incapable of doing anything other than bitching on the Internet ....


12 posted on 05/05/2020 7:59:18 AM PDT by AFB-XYZ
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To: exDemMom

I would GLADLY trade what we have done for what Sweden is doing.

Slightly worse early numbers in exchange for an economy that largely remained open and where civil liberties weren’t trampled?

Yes please!!


13 posted on 05/05/2020 7:59:33 AM PDT by comebacknewt (Trump trumps Hate)
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To: LeonardFMason

No reports should be believed.....politics are running very high with nation leaders standing to gain or loose in how they play their numbers.


14 posted on 05/05/2020 8:01:25 AM PDT by caww
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“Experts predicted that it would have 40,000 COVID-19 deaths by May 1.”
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Those pesky models always seem to be wrong. Wrong in a way that seems meant to promote fear and panic.


15 posted on 05/05/2020 8:02:08 AM PDT by beekay
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To: comebacknewt

Exactly!


16 posted on 05/05/2020 8:02:09 AM PDT by norcal joe
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To: grundle

And the number of deaths would’ve been lower if they had treated patients with The Trump Pills right away. I wonder how many were treated with them.


17 posted on 05/05/2020 8:03:09 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: babble-on

If you look at the actual Swedish numbers, of 2700 dead, 2400 are people 70+, and about 2000 are 80+. In the sense where it is a cause of death for people who were going to die soon anyway, it is very flu-like.


18 posted on 05/05/2020 8:04:01 AM PDT by socalgop
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To: grundle

The WHO and CDC now recommend everyone wear a blindfold to protect from seeing what’s really going on


19 posted on 05/05/2020 8:04:05 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: grundle

There is no lower form of scum than a Democrat.


20 posted on 05/05/2020 8:04:28 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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