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RE: Media Freaking Out Over More COVID Cases, Yet 80-90% Drop in Deaths from April High

in Deep Dives4 years ago

"Cases" should be called "positives or assumed positives". But they prefer "cases" because it suits them.

Cases are rising, sure. But global daily deaths are basically flat, despite the reopen which started several weeks ago.

And check this out:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/asymptomatic-covid-19-1.5629172

If most people who had it don't show positive for antibody tests, then Sweden's positive antibody testing of "only" 20% or so actually might mean the entire country has already had it!!

Sweden may be the correct model to follow!

Which would explain why the American media demonizes their approach so heavily.

Sweden is losing barely anyone anymore. Most of their deaths are in the past. Their economy is alive, their health care system is fine, they didn't have a lockdown.

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Yup, many people have non-anti-body immunity, like from T cells, apparently 40-60% of people. The only failure Sweden did was like elsewhere: not focus on the elderly in nursing homes. That's where most of their deaths come from.

Yeah, true. Did they also send infected elderly out into nursing homes to cause a sudden spike in deaths, as seems to have been done in other countries?

Sweden has 532 deaths per million population, compared to 395 for the US. Compare them to their neighbour, Norway, with only 46 deaths per million and I don't see how Sweden's strategy has been good? Norway has very few deaths now too.

Are you sure that all national statistics are comparable to all others? Are all 532 proven by autopsy as monocausally died FROM Covid 19? What about Italy, Spain, France and UK?

Sweden's outbreak is now in the past, Norway locked down and still has a ways to go, maybe years. In the end, everybody gets exposed, no matter how you try to delay it. So all that matters is how quickly. Sweden took everything at once, and survived. Now they're through it, with their economy intact, and even so, already doing better than Belgium, UK, etc.