Quote Originally Posted by Returnofrros View Post
Sweden is more populated like UK, density of the country, nothing like as sparse as Norway Denmark.

It's like comparing Scottish deaths to the faroes.

Norway and Denmark dosent count the same way as Sweden who more or less count same as UK.

Under the Ferguson model Sweden should have 60k dead.......that's how far out the modelling is the UK is following.
You are way off in your comparisons. Sweden is far far more like Norway than Britain. Norway with 5 million residents spread around 148k sq miles is very similar to Sweden a little larger at 173k sq miles and a population of 10 million but the UK has a land area only a little over half the size of Sweden but with a population of 67 million almost seven times as much.

The population density of the three countries are as follows

Norway 38 residents per square mile
Sweden 64 residents per square mile
UK 1010 residents per square mile - this is a population density 16 times that of Sweden.

For the record The Faroes are c 90 residents per square mile. Scotland is at 170 per square mile (within this however Glasgow council has 8200 per square mile and the Highlands council only 21 per square mile).

I agree with much of your take on the covid pandemic but on this you are way off the mark. Sweden has a completely different population density and therefore covid 'footprint' than the UK and very much in line with its neighbours Norway and Finland (39 p Sq Mile).