4 deaths in Hong Kong.
They have been locked down for 10 weeks - though more like our lock down than in Spain.
They have been locked down for 10 weeks - though more like our lock down than in Spain.
Didn't they lock down much much earlier?
But yeah still strange. I guess it's partly interconnectivity, partly luck. All it needs is one gadge to go spreading it to loads of people.
I should imagine so. The more connected a city is the sooner it will get the virus. They are saying in new york the cases come from europe when Americans flew home. Multinational is probably the wrong word. Global hub is more what I'm trying to say. Flights in and out all the time.
His numbers were right when he posted it on 9 April.His numbers are wrong. Sweden recorded 12 deaths in the last 24 hours.
A couple of things worth noting. Swedes are differentiating between died of and died with. They are also, apparently, not sending the oldest and sickest to hospital and ICU, so they are often dying in care homes and not figuring in the stats. It sounds callous but one of their top docs said (paraphrasing) "We make choices like this all the time, at the scene of car accidents for instance. We apply our efforts to those likely to survive."
His numbers are wrong. Sweden recorded 12 deaths in the last 24 hours.
A couple of things worth noting. Swedes are differentiating between died of and died with. They are also, apparently, not sending the oldest and sickest to hospital and ICU, so they are often dying in care homes and not figuring in the stats. It sounds callous but one of their top docs said (paraphrasing) "We make choices like this all the time, at the scene of car accidents for instance. We apply our efforts to those likely to survive."
Has multinationality anything to do with it?
Sweden is a country with a history of high taxation. With good investment in support services for the people. Including health services. So they will perhaps have a higher threshold to reach in terms of the capacity of their health services. So maybe that has influenced their approach.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551445/They are usually ranked a touch below us in healthcare and ICU beds.