[USCG SimTech]

Ya but they didn’t have a major election coming up that would change the course of the entire world.

[JeanLM]

Sweden and New Jersey have similar populations. NJ where I live with a tight lockdown had a peak death rate per million in lare April of 300 averaged over 7 days. It then dropped to near zero now. Sweden had a peak 7 day average of 100 in late April and has declined to zero recently, with limited precautions and little disruption to its economy.

The curves are similar in shape but the death total is 3X in NJ. Nursing home mismanagement was a factor but it also could be that lockdowns themselves caused some of it. It certainly didn’t help and the death toll on small business has been horrible.

Farr’s Law holds too. The virus will run its course regardless of what we do.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s senior epidemiologis: "...encouraging people to wear face masks is 'very dangerous' because it gives a false sense of security but does not effectively stem the spread of the virus. The findings that have been produced through face masks are astonishingly weak, even though so many people around the world wear them.”

As another FReeper said the other day, "Where are the mask double-blind studies with placebo?" There is very little scientific data on mask efficacy at preventing disease spread.