Hello Ward!

12 May 20 01:07, Ward Dossche wrote to Björn Felten:


 WD> I have an opinion to vent here ... :-) ...

More than one, obviously. :)

 WD> 1) Sweden is a very big country (a lot of people fail to notice 
 WD> that),
 WD>    therefor the population density of 25 people per square kilometer 
 WD> is in
 WD>    sharp contrast to my country where the density is 367 people per 
 WD> square
 WD>    kilometer. For that reason alone Sweden has a very very much lower
 WD>    reproduction ratio of the virus than any other country.

That always depends on the distribution of these people, the mean value tells
you nothing. 10% of the Swedes live in Stockholm, the density there is not much
different from Brussels.

 WD> 5) I think it is very cruel to endanger an entire population for an
 WD>    experiment.

Each and every country is experimenting. We know next to nothing about the
virus, how it spreads, what advantages and disadvantages measures or
countermeasures will have. I think one important point is to keep people
informed as good as possible to allow them to draw their own conclusions. Each
government will be well advised to communicate clearly with their population to
explain what they are doing and why. So far my impression was that Sweden is
doing quite ok on that part.


Regards,
Gerrit

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