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		SyneRyder on May 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. field hospitals stand down, most without trea... > And if that isn't enough, there is the 10x fatality rate of Sweden vs its neighbors. Not only that, but as a percentage of population, Sweden's fatality rate is far ahead of that of the USA, and still climbing at a faster rate than America: https://boogheta.github.io/coronavirus-countries/#deceased&r...

ric2b on May 10, 2020 [–]

Sweden is about 3x worse in fatalities compared to Portugal, which did lockdown and has both a similar number of confirmed cases and total population.

Not sure if that's just Portugal having a weaker healthcare system than Sweden's neighbours or if there's something else at play.

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