[DoodleBob]

The article is a bit misleading because people who die from drowning typically don't fall in water, get pulled out, go to the hospital or stay at home and linger for a few days/weeks then pass away. Also, those people experiencing near-fatal drowning incidents usually don't come with a material attendant medical cost. Those 0-29 yr old coronavirus fatalities and cured cases come with costs such as parents taking time off from work for little kiddies. Finally, grandma and grandpa can't catch drowning from exposure to drowning survivors.

All that said, while I think many people tend to slobber all over the fantasy of Sweden's approach to this bug, the one thing SE got right was keeping schools for kids 16 and younger open. This group is the least likely to experience the sturm and drang of Coronavirus. Further, families can keep the elders away if it really worries them. Finally, parental units can continue working vs be thrust into forced homeschooling (though in the long run that experience many break the back off the NEA).

That is likely a smarter approach than destroying the service sector and stressing out 30MM unemployed people. It would be prudent and perfectly statistically supportable to reopen schools in the fall - good for the kids, and working parents, and the economy.

...But as Grampa Dave says, this isn't about your health.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for posting this and the ping.

Remember, this B$ has never been about improving our health nor our families’ health.

It is/has been about taking away our rights and controlling us, with us paying for this B$ with our tax dollars to control us.