Hiku said:
If you're going to suggest that Sweden increased testing by ~6000% between mid Sep - Nov for some reason other than the fact that more people got infected (which leads to more testing and hospitalization) then you should back your claim up first.
You're comparing Sweden to Italy, which has many notable differences including the fact that Italy is still one of the worlds most popular travel destinations (even with the 2019 decline) for sightseeing, instead of Norway, Denmark and Finland, which are near identical to Sweden are are doing much much better, but don't count because they have a population of 5M instead of 10m? And that makes Italy with their 60M population a better comparison...? Also, only speaking of the severity of the restrictions implemented is ignoring why those restrictions were implemented in the first place. Originally Italy got hit extremely hard, so they took drastic measures and flattened the curve, unlike Sweden and USA, etc. But they haven't had many restrictions in place since things calmed down, until they repeated the same mistake again, and only did it after it was too late. The outdoor mask mandate came on October 8, after cases had spiked up again and were already near their all time high during the first wave: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54454450
You seem more eager to smack talk than thinking things through, or you would have checked my profile before assuming I'm from USA. But yeah, we will soon know USA and Italy's style here in Sweden thanks to us electing Biden. |
Lol...You got me