So 7% of the people in Sweden died? You also say 5676 pople died in sweden, so the population is 81,000?
No... you have no idea what the mortality rate was unless you know how many cases there were. No one anywhere in the world has accurate figure on total of cases. All official figures are minimum numbers, with maximum real cases of 100% of the population.
*Sigh* 7.2% of known cases. Not 7.2% of the population. Obviously.
Of course these figures aren't 100% accurate, which is exactly what the rest of us are talking about: since we just don't know how this is actually affecting our population, we prefer to err on the side of caution. But those figures are the closest we have right now, and the only way we can make an educated guess as to what's happening. I would absolutely agree that there are cases that have gone undiagnosed, but you just can't assume an entire populace has had it because it
seems like it would be true. People be like, "Oh it has a 99.9% survival rate!" which is pulling numbers out of thin air by using the entire population of the US. And nobody ever says they're a cancer survivor if they never had cancer in the first place.
Although funnily enough sweden didnt apply restrictions anywhere like its neighbours. They didnt have a lockdown. yet despite that, their case numbers are falling too.
...with a disproportionate, exponentially-greater amount of deaths.
Data suggests covid is not spread uniformly by everyone, but instead by super spreader events. 10% of infected people generate 80% of new cases. Someone goes to that event and infects a lot. Most people just do normal things, and dont infect anyone.
I wouldn't disagree with that, and have actually spoken about as much. A larger population gathered in one area is definitely and obviously more likely to see a greater amount of cases because communicability is exponential. Yeah, I totally agree. But I'm also not going to shirk my duty and downplay the fact that I could give it to or catch it from someone at the store. Just because it's less likely doesn't mean I'm going to take my role any less seriously. Shopping is both a normal thing to do and an event when you have 200 people in the store at any given time. There was an outdoor wedding in our town, scaled way down to 20 people. 3 ended up with Covid. That seems relatively safe compared to hitting the grocery store with 200 people in it, doesn't it? And yeah, it's anecdotal, but to me the point that everyone's anecdotes can vary quite wildly is the problem.
My point is that it costs me absolutely nothing to err on the side of caution until we nip this in the bud. Wearing a mask, for instance, affects my life by 0.0%. If it turns out it was necessary? Great! If it turns out it wasn't necessary, it was never a big deal to begin with. And we're only talking about deaths, as well, while setting aside the lifelong side effects some Covid patients are experiencing. And the possibility that we don't know what kind of effects this could have on our bodies.
I could make someone die. If not, I could make someone have lifelong organ damage, reduced lung capacity, etc. If not, I could make them be intubated in a hospital bed for weeks at a time. If not, I could give it to someone who gives it to their grandma and kills her. If not, I could make someone get sick enough to miss work and put an even greater financial strain on their family. And I don't wanna be responsible for any of it. It's not just deaths. It's also not just the sick or elderly that are dying from this, as if that makes it any better - I don't care if someone has cancer or is 90 years old; it's not my right to end their life because of those things. I'm not hunkered down in a bunker with thousands of dollars of canned goods and 50 packs of toilet paper. I'm not afraid to set foot outside my home. I run errands, I go to the grocery store, I do the things I need to do. I'm also more conscientious in public, which is not a bad thing. Yeah, some people have mild cases, but some are dying prolonged, horrible deaths from this. And whatever that percentage ends up being, it's great enough that I am going to choose to mitigate that risk by any means.
