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Jimmy Clitheroe · 03-11-2020, 21:42

I have kind of changed my view on the lockdown stance. Although I think it's too late now and it's not going away anytime soon so the current lockdowns are pretty pointless, a swift initial lockdown would have made a hell of a difference to the death rate. The 'evidence' I would use to back this up is everyone's favourite example of Sweden. People here compare their death rate to ours when they should really compare it to their neighbours. When you do you will see a pretty shocking disparity. SWEDEN population 10million - No Lockdown 125'000 cases, nearly 6000 deaths next door neighbours NORWAY population 5 millions 20'000 cases 282 deaths. Taking the respective populations into consideration you are still three times more likely to contract the virus in Sweden than Norway and TEN times more likely to die from it.

03-11-2020, 21:42	#1262
Jimmy Clitheroe Full Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Too South for my liking Posts: 203 Liked: 224 times Rep Power: 15100	Re: Corona Virus I have kind of changed my view on the lockdown stance. Although I think it's too late now and it's not going away anytime soon so the current lockdowns are pretty pointless, a swift initial lockdown would have made a hell of a difference to the death rate. The 'evidence' I would use to back this up is everyone's favourite example of Sweden. People here compare their death rate to ours when they should really compare it to their neighbours. When you do you will see a pretty shocking disparity. SWEDEN population 10million - No Lockdown 125'000 cases, nearly 6000 deaths next door neighbours NORWAY population 5 millions 20'000 cases 282 deaths. Taking the respective populations into consideration you are still three times more likely to contract the virus in Sweden than Norway and TEN times more likely to die from it.