So, today this happens.
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And in case anyone was wondering how Sweden's "Let's keep most things running" policy is working out compared to its Skandinavian neighbours:
The answer is: Not so well.
Petra R wrote:And in case anyone was wondering how Sweden's "Let's keep most things running" policy is working out compared to its Skandinavian neighbours:
The answer is: Not so well.
Tomorrow kindergarten reopen in Norway. Norwegians have been neglecting to keep their distance in the past two weeks and I expect the number of death to go up. Many students did travel home for Easter and I saw countless grandparents with their grandchilderen in the past days. Noone uses masks and people hardly ever keep their distance. The problem with the numbers is that noone is tested in Norway until it is too late.
Jennifer R wrote:Tomorrow kindergarten reopen in Norway. Norwegians have been neglecting to keep their distance in the past two weeks and I expect the number of death to go up.
Still, at the moment Norway is doing well. Better than Germany as far as deaths go actually!
Mary W wrote:Our beaches reopen tomorrow. Our beaches are seldom crowded and especially since there are no tourists in town we should be okay.
Uncrowded beaches don't pose a huge danger I don't think.
Mary W wrote:I have to go to the doctor Thursday which will be my first trip to the Real World in 4 weeks.
It gets to the point where the whole concept of going to a crowded place appears such a weird concept.
Mary W wrote:We had the largest one day increase in cases yesterday (in Mississippi) but that might just be due to massive testing.
That's why I started calculating the actual percentage of tests with a positive result for Italy. The testing numbers have been up and down, so obviously the number of reported cases goes up and down, too.
Today's charts:
Next curves to watch out for: Turkey, and especially Russia, where the curve for reported cases is very steep indeed, but deaths are (so far) low. It looks like they are testing very aggressively, which has made all the difference in other countries to keep deaths low. We'll see.
@petra_r wrote:
Jennifer R wrote:Tomorrow kindergarten reopen in Norway. Norwegians have been neglecting to keep their distance in the past two weeks and I expect the number of death to go up.
Still, at the moment Norway is doing well. Better than Germany as far as deaths go actually!
Mary W wrote:Our beaches reopen tomorrow. Our beaches are seldom crowded and especially since there are no tourists in town we should be okay.
Uncrowded beaches don't pose a huge danger I don't think.
Mary W wrote:I have to go to the doctor Thursday which will be my first trip to the Real World in 4 weeks.
It gets to the point where the whole concept of going to a crowded place appears such a weird concept.
Mary W wrote:We had the largest one day increase in cases yesterday (in Mississippi) but that might just be due to massive testing.
That's why I started calculating the actual percentage of tests with a positive result for Italy. The testing numbers have been up and down, so obviously the number of reported cases goes up and down, too.
Today's charts:
Next curves to watch out for: Turkey, and especially Russia, where the curve for reported cases is very steep indeed, but deaths are (so far) low. It looks like they are testing very aggressively, which has made all the difference in other countries to keep deaths low. We'll see.
Is there any clarity yet on why the death rate in Germany is so low compared to other EU countries?
Reinier B wrote:Is there any clarity yet on why the death rate in Germany is so low compared to other EU countries?
There are endless theories. I wouldn't say there is "clarity" though, no.
It seems that the key is a good health system and early, aggressive testing.
That said, some other European countries are doing even better than Germany when you look at deaths per Million population... they are simply not under the spotlight as much.
Look
On Our World In Data you can add countries to various graphs. Great stuff!!
Valerio S wrote:Petra maybe you'll be interested in this article.
You had to make me read Italian lol!
Great article and written clearly!
Wendy C wrote:Petra wrote "I can read simple French well enough to make sense of it. I've never officially learned French but having grown up near the French border we went to Straßbourg often and my best friend from when I was little moved to France so I was there quite a lot. Spanish less so but weirdly I understand clear spoken Spanish better than spoken French."
IMHO, while the languages both are Latin based, the Spanish use more vocal intonation and body language then the French.
Spoken Spanish is closer to Italian than French. Good point about "Latin based"- I did learn Latin for 8 years at school.
Today's charts, which are looking pretty promising!
