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39. That is what blew us up here in Sweden at the very beginning (our elderly care homes and scattered

Tue Nov 17, 2020, 01:22 AM

Nov 2020

site care homes were just crushed.

Amongst the lower half (age wise) of the population (around 5.05 million people) we have, YTD, had only 31 total COVID-19 deaths, zero of them schoolchildren. Under the age of 20 we have had 2 deaths, a 4 year old who died 6, 7 months ago, and an infant, both with multiple comorbidities).

In US terms, that would be like the bottom (age wise) 165.5 million people having around 1,016 total deaths, YTD.

here are the CDC umbers sorted by US age group

they are lagging, but this you a fair amount of data

https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-by-Sex-Age-and-S/9bhg-hcku

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Something Surprised Me In The COVID Numbers [View all] ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 OP

Younger people getting infected, less likely to die. apcalc Nov 2020 #1

Very true! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #6

Deaths lag by at least 2 weeks. Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #2

Did You Look At The Graphs? ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #15

Just a guess SheltieLover Nov 2020 #3

Deaths track closer to hospitalizations than cases, the deaths come 2 - 3 weeks after peak .... uponit7771 Nov 2020 #4

It's Mostly Treatment From What I've Seen Skraxx Nov 2020 #5

Beet! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #17

Good to See You! Skraxx Nov 2020 #32

Medical experts have made it clear that we are better drray23 Nov 2020 #7

Some combination of all of those. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #8

I think, yes, more young people and improvements in care but deaths can lag by 4-6 weeks bullimiami Nov 2020 #9

No evidence for those figures. former9thward Nov 2020 #19

true. without widespread testing we dont know how many asymptomatic cases there are but ... bullimiami Nov 2020 #23

more availibility of testing picking up milder cases? Blues Heron Nov 2020 #10

It was very difficult to get a test in the spring in most places. Mariana Nov 2020 #13

It's so easy where I live now to get a test and I think a lot more people are taking advantage IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #34

It ran wild in nursing homes and such places in the spring Mariana Nov 2020 #11

Yep, that's what happened here. We had a shock early on when it hit nursing homes. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #29

Yeah. They figured out that putting people on ventilators was a really bad thing. IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #36

Another factor in the very high death rate among nursing home residents Mariana Nov 2020 #41

That is what blew us up here in Sweden at the very beginning (our elderly care homes and scattered Celerity Nov 2020 #39

More people are wearing masks now compared to April ramblin_dave Nov 2020 #12

Thanks! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #14

This... lapfog_1 Nov 2020 #16

back in April, VERY few people got tested AlexSFCA Nov 2020 #18

Certainly Possible ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #21

Treatment is getting better - my GP just told me this today MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #20

Let me summarize the thread here lapfog_1 Nov 2020 #22

Excellent summarization. Thank you for that. n/t Pobeka Nov 2020 #26

Excellent post! Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #28

Thanks Dem2 Nov 2020 #35

Ding. Ding. Ding. IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #37

There is a lag in deaths ...first cases increase and then deaths increase. Demsrule86 Nov 2020 #24

Some combination -- mainly more testing of asymptomatic pat_k Nov 2020 #25

Old people have learned to isolate and young people are no longer isolating. LAS14 Nov 2020 #27

They've made great strides in how to treat; far better survival rate lettucebe Nov 2020 #30

they're lying. mopinko Nov 2020 #31

I think there is some truth to what you are saying. IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #38

well, in ny, it was 1-10 that died. mopinko Nov 2020 #40

I have done lots of studying on this matter IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #42

Treatment has advanced quite a lot JCMach1 Nov 2020 #33

Can we finally recognize reality? MoonlitKnight Dec 2020 #43

Hilarious! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #44