Originally Posted by
getaway
cases mean absolutely nothing. Deaths are what counts & none in general population who are healthy.
Nothing was closed, economy as normal.
Sweden's COVID-19 deaths per capita rate is nearly 17 times higher than ours and their economy is far from normal. They suffered a 20 percent more significant downturn in GDP than us, and their COVID-related spike in unemployment was 25 percent higher than ours and unlike ours, their unemployment is showing no signs of recovery (it's been stuck at 9+ percent for months).
By any objective public health or economic measure I wouldn't be holding Sweden up as an example of how to manage coronavirus.
Originally Posted by
getaway
... as it turns out, corona is just a bad case of flu.
Except that it manifestly is not just a bad case of flu. Coronavirus is currently the third most prevalent cause of death in the US. So third leading cause of death and that's from a late start at the end of February so covering just 8 months of the year.
That is most likely the case in the UK also - third leading cause of death (in Sweden it is currently number 5, possibly number 4 by year's end).