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The graph is unusable considering the context of the different countries. You simply can not compare the two considering how little attention Sweden actually pays to Covid in general and how little testing facilities there actually are in comparison to Germany.

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This is true, but the fatality graphs tell the same story: Rising in Germany now, flat in Sweden. And I presume that fatalities are lagging behind the case graphs by 4-8 weeks, so it is going to get worse in Germany.

BUT: being positive in a test is NOT AT ALL SIMILAR to being sick.

And this is very important.

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