Should we follow the example of Sweden and limit our business and school lock
down as they have? Would that help save our economy and eventually more lives
too? Let’s take a look at the statistics. If we compare the data from Sweden
with Minnesota data maybe there are lessons we can learn from them, to lessen
the severe damage the lockdown has has had, and is having on out economy
In my response to my post on a related subject in the Minneapolis Issues
Forum, some one postted: "Sweden has a death toll greater than the United
States: 564 deaths per million inhabitants compared with 444, as of July 27."
to make the
point that what Sweden was doing was not working, and they posted the following
link.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/21/coronavirus-swedish-herd-immunity-drove-up-death-toll-column/5472100002/
My reply to that post:
Yes, but you are comparing Sweden, a country of 10,343,403 with the United
States, with 328,329,523. I think it is more relevant to compare Sweden to
Minnesota. In the last 7 days Minnesota has had 35 deaths from C?OVID19, Sweden
has had 30 deaths. That averages out to 5 deaths per day in Minnesota and 4.29
Deaths in Sweden. You are living in the past. Sweden is doing better.
But wait! Minnesotas population is only 5,489,594, or a little over half that
of Sweden. Sweden is doing much better than Minnesota, and it would be
doing much better yet if we were to compare it to the United States, which is
not fairing nearly as well as Minnesota. At this rate, Sweden's death rate,
overall, from COVID19, is likely to be lower than most other countries,
including the US and Minnesota, when this is over.
I will be the first to admit that I am not a math magician, but it looks to me
like we may be able to learn something from the swedes besides just politics
and economics. They are among the countries rated as having the happiest people
in the world.
That poll was taken before COVID19, Now with economies crashing around the
world. The relatively good economy in Sweden will make them, happier yet,
relative to the rest of the world, including the US and even Minnesota. I
suspect that will make them healthier too, allowing them to live even longer
then those in other counties with tighter lock down policies.
Note: The person who was responding to my post included a link to an article
from USA Today. which included a link to another article in "Business Insider,"
which is intended to bolster the implication in USA Today that the Swedish
economy is faring worse than in other countries, which had a stricter lock down
policy. The article quotes from the New York Times: "Sweden's unemployment
rate rose from 7.1% in March to 9% in May, a 1.9% increase. According to
Statista.com the May unemployment rate for the United States went from 4.4% in
March to 13.3% in May, an 8.9% increase, or 4.68 times as much increase in the
unemployment rate in the United States as in Sweden.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/minnesota/
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
CJ Sparrow
down as they have? Would that help save our economy and eventually more lives
too? Let’s take a look at the statistics. If we compare the data from Sweden
with Minnesota data maybe there are lessons we can learn from them, to lessen
the severe damage the lockdown has has had, and is having on out economy
In my response to my post on a related subject in the Minneapolis Issues
Forum, some one postted: "Sweden has a death toll greater than the United
States: 564 deaths per million inhabitants compared with 444, as of July 27."
to make the
point that what Sweden was doing was not working, and they posted the following
link.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/21/coronavirus-swedish-herd-immunity-drove-up-death-toll-column/5472100002/
My reply to that post:
Yes, but you are comparing Sweden, a country of 10,343,403 with the United
States, with 328,329,523. I think it is more relevant to compare Sweden to
Minnesota. In the last 7 days Minnesota has had 35 deaths from C?OVID19, Sweden
has had 30 deaths. That averages out to 5 deaths per day in Minnesota and 4.29
Deaths in Sweden. You are living in the past. Sweden is doing better.
But wait! Minnesotas population is only 5,489,594, or a little over half that
of Sweden. Sweden is doing much better than Minnesota, and it would be
doing much better yet if we were to compare it to the United States, which is
not fairing nearly as well as Minnesota. At this rate, Sweden's death rate,
overall, from COVID19, is likely to be lower than most other countries,
including the US and Minnesota, when this is over.
I will be the first to admit that I am not a math magician, but it looks to me
like we may be able to learn something from the swedes besides just politics
and economics. They are among the countries rated as having the happiest people
in the world.
That poll was taken before COVID19, Now with economies crashing around the
world. The relatively good economy in Sweden will make them, happier yet,
relative to the rest of the world, including the US and even Minnesota. I
suspect that will make them healthier too, allowing them to live even longer
then those in other counties with tighter lock down policies.
Note: The person who was responding to my post included a link to an article
from USA Today. which included a link to another article in "Business Insider,"
which is intended to bolster the implication in USA Today that the Swedish
economy is faring worse than in other countries, which had a stricter lock down
policy. The article quotes from the New York Times: "Sweden's unemployment
rate rose from 7.1% in March to 9% in May, a 1.9% increase. According to
Statista.com the May unemployment rate for the United States went from 4.4% in
March to 13.3% in May, an 8.9% increase, or 4.68 times as much increase in the
unemployment rate in the United States as in Sweden.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/minnesota/
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
CJ Sparrow
