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Celerity

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Mon Aug 31, 2020, 01:21 PM Aug 2020

Some good new from Sweden, we have not had a COVID-19 death for 7 days now [View all]

This is official government data from Folkhälsomyndigheten, our state health agency

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/09f821667ce64bf7be6f9f87457ed9aa/page/page_0/






We still have had zero deaths from COVID-19 amongst schoolchildren (our schools never shut down except for some high schools and most universities)

We have had one death, months ago, of a 4 year old with multiple comorbidities

Zero deaths from 5 to 19 years of age since the beginning

10 deaths total 20-29yo

16 deaths total 30-39yo

so 27 total deaths for the entire duration pandemic for the lower half, age wise, of the population (which is around 5 million people)

around 99% of the deaths were 50 years of age or older

96% of deaths were 60 years of age or older

90% were 70 years old or older

almost 70% were 80 years old or older

26% were 90 years old or older




Still no lock-downs the whole time and I still see almost zero people with masks, literally I would say 1 in 500 to 1000, and so many days I see none as I go around the city. All our friends confirm this, and that is all over Sweden, not just Stockholm. We (my wife and I) are still in the antibody and t-cell count immunity study and so far no drop in either, and it has been almost 5 months now since we were infected (with zero symptoms.)

Also, contrary to a lot of disnfo that I see pushed (especially in the US news) our economy contacted far less than the EU overall (the EU contracted 40% more, and multiple nations contracted close to, or more than double ours), and we are on track to go back to positive growth by Q1 or Q2 2021. The vast majority of our contraction came from a drop in exports, mainly from the supply chain for raw materials freezing up, and also from external demand from other countries diminishing.

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Thank you for the data. cilla4progress Aug 2020 #1
I don't think they got to herd immunity. LisaL Aug 2020 #2
Hmmm.... cilla4progress Aug 2020 #3
Apparently Sweeds went into "voluntary" lockdown, even if their government wasn't asking them to do LisaL Aug 2020 #6
Genetics? moondust Aug 2020 #10
I cannot make that call, as I do not know the viral penetration rate, but here is another article Celerity Aug 2020 #8
I am so happy for the people of Sweden jimfields33 Aug 2020 #4
They do have much higher death rate compared to neighboring countries. LisaL Aug 2020 #5
True. Every country had to decide how to deal with this virus. jimfields33 Aug 2020 #7
we completely cocked-up the elderly care homes and scattered site housing pandemic control Celerity Aug 2020 #9
Laurie Garrett on Nicolle Wallace rn cilla4progress Aug 2020 #11
another myth, that I have addressed multiple times Celerity Aug 2020 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #12
we never had herd immunity as a goal, I've been trying to push back against this disinfo for months Celerity Aug 2020 #14
I was just reading it and... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #15
yw, and I truly hope you did not think I has having a go at you, as I was not Celerity Aug 2020 #16
No, no... I was happy to read your follow-up post... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #17
My biggest wish for the Nordics is... Celerity Aug 2020 #18
That seems like a good idea! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #19
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