[throw-away_42]

Sweden's total per-capita death rate is 50% higher than the Netherlands, 500% higher than Germany and Denmark, and 900+% higher than Finland, Norway, and Poland. All those deaths have not made you safer--your daily per-capita death rate is still several times that of those countries. Source: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data

[martindbp]

The current death rate, 10-15 people a day, is insignificant compared to other causes of death. It is not reasonable to talk about percentage differences when we're talking 15 vs 3 deaths a day.

[alltakendamned]

Do note that there's easily a 15-day delay when it comes to Sweden reporting somewhat correct number of deaths, so let's not focus on the "current" death rate too much. And I expect the reporting delay to actually be worse right now as we're in the middle of vacation time.

Source: https://adamaltmejd.se/covid/

[catalogia]

> Do note that there's easily a 15-day delay when it comes to Sweden reporting somewhat correct number of deaths,

15 days ago Sweden was experiencing about 20 covid deaths per day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden#De...

[EdwardDiego]

I like how you call 10 - 15 people dying insignificant without considering how significant those deaths are to their loved ones.

[martindbp]

Every death is tragic, but that doesn't mean we should shut down everything to prevent it.

[SomeoneFromCA]

Really? 4500 hundred extra death a year is not insignifcant.

[martindbp]

90000 people die in Sweden every year. Shutting down the economy for a 5% increase is not reasonable.

[SomeoneFromCA]

No one shut down economy for exteneded period of time in Norway or Finland, they did just intermittently and now they have exactly same economic situation Sweden. Not worse, not better, but much less death. So 5000 people are dead for nothing. Even more importantly, explicit denying medical care to everyone after, say, 75 y.o. will save lots of money which can be redirected to fun stuff (lowering taxes etc.), and your death rate will barely go up; no one does that though, because that would be considered completely inhumane.

[postalrat]

Its not over. For all we know Sweden might have fewer deaths per capita than those countries a year from now.

[standardUser]

"All those deaths have not made you safer..."

I'd hold back from making grand proclamations in the middle (beginning?) of the pandemic.