@proper-knob said7th highest due to corona and still only .274/1000. wow. I suspect no lockdown depression, no/little job losses, no debt for the kids to repay, but yes, time will tell. Also less risk when there are other outbreaks as they took the " hit" this time.
Sweden has the 7th highest death rate per capita in the world, they also have partial lockdown measures in place. Let's see where they are at in a few months.
@jimmac saidIt all depends on how you measure success, economies can bounce back, money is a human construct. You can't bounce back if you're dead, or bounce back from long term respiratory damage.
7th highest due to corona and still only .274/1000. wow. I suspect no lockdown depression, no/little job losses, no debt for the kids to repay, but yes, time will tell. Also less risk when there are other outbreaks as they took the " hit" this time.
There are restrictions in place in Sweden, it is not business as usual. They are not enforced but if people break them authorities will act. There was a report recently that 5 restaurants/bars were immediately shut down by the authorities for not complying with social distancing guidance.
@eladar saidI’m not sure numbers have anything to do with pandemics...
Lol, as if that is even close to pandemic numbers. That can't be correct. Those numbers are much closer to seasonal flu numbers and those go away by June.
If they want 160k, then they are going to have to improve their might be covid numbers.
I mean, the US has an epidemic of stupidity, but it doesn’t really kill a lot of people either.
@eladar saidTexas is spiking . Why don't you move your ignorant butt down to Dallas and personally investigate .
@shavixmir
Come now, tell me all about that 2 month Texas cycle of pandemic.
@eladar saidIf you look at worlodmeter data (a source you once Held as reliable) the gliding average is oscillating around 30000 new cases a day since about March 30th until yesterday, were is the trend reported you talk about?
It certainly appears the virus is going away during the month of May. If this trend continues, what is your explanation?
How would you as a forner statistics teacher would have graded a Student who would have concluded a falling trend from the worldometer data?
@jimmac saidGermany, which has put in place extensive lockdown measures, is projecting an increase in unemployment of a few percentage points by the end of the year (Sweden is probably similar in this regard, if only due to exposure to the world economy). The reason the U.S. has seen such a dramatic increase in unemployment is because of the absence of a properly functioning safety net, weak employee rights, and a lack of focus on maintaining employment of the bailout measures.
7th highest due to corona and still only .274/1000. wow. I suspect no lockdown depression, no/little job losses, no debt for the kids to repay, but yes, time will tell. Also less risk when there are other outbreaks as they took the " hit" this time.
@kazetnagorra saidkaka, whatever left whinger dream feelings you have it's a simple fact that the 'safety net' (and by that I assume you mean paying people not to work), increases unemployment.
Germany, which has put in place extensive lockdown measures, is projecting an increase in unemployment of a few percentage points by the end of the year (Sweden is probably similar in this regard, if only due to exposure to the world economy). The reason the U.S. has seen such a dramatic increase in unemployment is because of the absence of a properly functioning safety net, weak employee rights, and a lack of focus on maintaining employment of the bailout measures.