Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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Mnementh said:

crissindahouse said:

I still think Sweden did horrible and it won't change if numbers won't increase too much in other neighboring countries.  

I mean:

Sweden 499 deaths per 1m population

"neighboring" countries:

Norway 45

Finland 59

Denmark 103

Germany 106

Poland 34

Estonia 52

Lithuania 28

Latvia 16

There is not really any reason why Sweden couldn't have only 1/5 - 1/10 the deaths atm. Will they reach mass immunity earlier? Probably but I really doubt it will look much better for Sweden compared to the other countries in a year or so. 

The sad part is, that current infection rate shows no signs of an effect through immunity. So even Sweden is quite a way away from herd immunity.

Sweden as a whole yes, but I think numbers for Stockholm are down and numbers for Gothenburg are up so it shifted a little (no source on this, just what I read somewhere). Similar to the low numbers we see in New York vs. the much higher ones in California.