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Did Sweden's controversial COVID strategy pay off? In many ways it did – but it let the elderly down

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Tags: healthcare, sweden, coronaviruses.covid19, epidemiology, pandemics, senior citizens, care homes, education, deaths, health.public, policy.health, statistics.bio, author.emma frans, source.the conversation
https://theconversation.com/did-swedens-controversial-covid-strategy-pay-off-in-many-ways-it-did-but-it-let-the-elderly-down-188338

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Emma Frans
Published
Aug 12 2022
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965 words

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  1. eladnarra
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    I kinda feel like "we let vulnerable populations die because we often refused to transfer them to hospitals and gave them only morphine, no oxygen" is a bit more than letting people down, but I...

    I kinda feel like "we let vulnerable populations die because we often refused to transfer them to hospitals and gave them only morphine, no oxygen" is a bit more than letting people down, but I guess it could be an understatement.

    7 votes
  2. skybrian
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    This article seems like a decent summary, but the framing about what's "an experiment" and what's "the control group" isn't helpful. In an emergency where people are making up policy as they go,...

    This article seems like a decent summary, but the framing about what's "an experiment" and what's "the control group" isn't helpful. In an emergency where people are making up policy as they go, it's all pretty experimental, and that's not bad.

    5 votes