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by ffyring 2251 days ago
Yes, agree that there is a difference. Regarding Sweden, it seems like all patients in ICU are intubated. An explanation might be that because of the low number of ICU beds in Sweden only people deemed to have a fair chance of survival is admitted.

[1] is the ICU register that gives some statistics, e.g. that median age is 60 years and 25% of patients don't have any risk factor.

[1] https://www.icuregswe.org/data--resultat/covid-19-i-svensk-i...