[2006alum]

Big Bloomberg article on this today, too. A few interesting tidbits:

Pomeroy pointed to some Swedish characteristics that may be helping the country deal with the current crisis. More than half of Swedish households are single-person, making social distancing easier to carry out. More people work from home than anywhere else in Europe, and everyone has access to fast Internet, which helps large chunks of the workforce stay productive away from the office.

As of Sunday, Sweden had reported 1,540 deaths tied to Covid-19, an increase of 29 from Saturday. That’s considerably more than in the rest of Scandinavia, but much less than in Italy, Spain and the U.K., both in absolute and relative terms.

Interestingly, Sweden's neighbors seem to have far fewer deaths: Norway has 165 deaths, and Finland has 94. Sweden's population is roughly twice the size of Finland and Norway, so that suggests Sweden has at least five times the death rate as Norway and eight times Finland's.

[2006alum]

Big Bloomberg article on this today, too. A few interesting tidbits:

Pomeroy pointed to some Swedish characteristics that may be helping the country deal with the current crisis. More than half of Swedish households are single-person, making social distancing easier to carry out. More people work from home than anywhere else in Europe, and everyone has access to fast Internet, which helps large chunks of the workforce stay productive away from the office.

As of Sunday, Sweden had reported 1,540 deaths tied to Covid-19, an increase of 29 from Saturday. That’s considerably more than in the rest of Scandinavia, but much less than in Italy, Spain and the U.K., both in absolute and relative terms.

Interestingly, Sweden's neighbors seem to have far fewer deaths: Norway has 165 deaths, and Finland has 94. Sweden's population is roughly twice the size of Finland and Norway, so that suggests Sweden has at least five times the death rate as Norway and eight times Finland's.