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		eliaspro on July 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing t... While reduced traffic and thereby fewer road accidents, fewer transmissions of influenza etc possibly reduce the number of fatalities. This goes both ways and getting really meaningful numbers might be quite hard.

ashtonkem on July 8, 2020 [–]

And comparing statistics from different countries is difficult under the best of times due to differences in definition, reporting quality, etc.

For something as polarized as COVID? Good luck.

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