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[–]alkhd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

We've had about 5 deaths per day in August here in Sweden though, so the guy is talking shit right off the bat. Definitely better than the 100 deaths per day we had 2 months ago. Elderly homes have been more tightly locked down which is probably the reason for less deaths, mostly younger people getting infected these days.

Masks are not uncommon in gothenburg/Stockholm, but they're not very common either. Outside big cities almost nobody wear masks. Almost everyone socially distances.

[–]kokolokoNightcrawler[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What are these Swedish graphs from?

[–]alkhd 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/09f821667ce64bf7be6f9f87457ed9aa

https://platz.se/coronavirus/ has it in english

the first source has lower deaths/day (avlidna per dag) but same total deaths because it doesn't put in deaths where the date is unknown on the deaths/day graph, whereas the 2nd source just mashes it in on the day the death gets reported. Guy in the video uses the first source, which says 3 deaths on August of 1st.

[–]kokolokoNightcrawler[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He should correct that. But seriously, knowing how they report motorcycle accidents and deaths from natural causes as Covid deaths, just because the testing is later done..I reckon he is closer to the number of real deaths than this counter you've sent me.,,

[–]yayblueberries 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Almost everyone socially distances.

This right here is probably why the U.S. cannot follow Sweden. I live in an rural area of the U.S. but as soon as I go into a convenience store or a small shop even the locals cannot seem to stay away from each other and me. Americans have a very poor understanding of basic personal space as it is, and now they think because they wear masks they don't HAVE to stay away from each other. Plus you have anti-maskers who think standing up the ass of somebody else is being rebellious, despite that it's simply disrespectful, virus or not.