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Tell that headline to the relatives of the dead.

"The highest number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in the Nordic countries as of August 18, 2021, had occurred in Sweden at 14,664. Denmark followed with 2,562 deaths, Finland with 1,008, and Norway with 811."

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113834/cumulative-coron...

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Did you know that the same number of people have died in Sweden and Norway over the last four years? [0]

For some reason more people died in Norway than in Sweden in the couple years before the pandemic, then Sweden caught up. They are tied over the last four years.

More people may have died of covid in Sweden because there were more old vulnerable people in Sweden.

[0] https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201116/Study-compares-de...

So? Being vulnerable marks you as ok to die? The argument would only work if both countries had the same measures and there died more people in Sweden.

I didn't mean it as an argument. Just throwing an additional fact out there. It seems to be relevant, given the impact that covid has on people over 60/70/80/90 years old.

"Tell that headline to the relatives of the dead."

How the hell is saying shit like this allowed on this website?!?! Tell that headline to the relatives of the dead!?? Are you serious?

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