Originally Posted by
smootness
If you can't tell, I'm fascinated by this whole thing and by the discussion.
One other interesting thing is that, while Sweden's deaths per million is about 6.5 times higher than Norway's, despite only about double the population, their number of confirmed cases is only about 2.7 times higher than Norway's, which is much more in line with the population difference. Sweden has had about 2,000 cases per million compared to Norway's 1,400.
Now, some of this is due to Norway's higher rate of testing. But Sweden is testing a lot as well. So it may be that it's somewhat explained, too, by Sweden's high level of outbreak in older care facilities, which they have admitted is a problem they will have to assess.
We assume this hits every country the same, but it doesn't.