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Comparisons in the new OECD report “Health at a Glance: Europe” show that Sweden is the worst of the 37 member countries in reducing the spread of infection, discharging patients with IVA, and making citizens isolate themselves.
The report investigates including how quickly countries were able to limit the spread of infection after peaking. They then examined how many days it took each country to reduce the r-number below 1, after a high list. The national r-number shows the number of people to whom, on average, each infected person transmits the virus.
Sweden topped the OECD list for 58 days. By comparison, the corresponding figure was 43 in Finland, 38 in Denmark, and 27 in Norway. The most rapid spread of the infection occurred in Malta, where it took eleven days before the r-number dropped to less than 1.
About the discharge of vat patients, Sweden was also behind the other countries. The report looked at how the IVA number developed after the peak of new hospitalized patients was reached.
In countries where stricter closures were introduced, such as France, Ireland, and the Netherlands, the number dropped rapidly, while in Sweden it took much longer. The reduction that took four weeks in the Netherlands and France took eleven in Sweden.
Sweden was also the last in comparing how different populations have changed their movement patterns. Between March and May, the Swedes reduced their movement pattern by 7.4 percent. It is lower than neighboring Norway (10.3 percent) and Denmark (9.7) and a marked difference with Spain, where movements of citizens decreased by 22.2 percent during the period.
Anders Tegnell does not want to draw too big conclusions from the OECD report.
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State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell believes that the result of the report is interesting, but that more context is needed to be able to draw conclusions from the comparisons.
– I think it’s great that the material has been produced and then a continuous discussion is needed about what it really means. Let you quickly drop below r1, for example. Those who try less get faster results than those who try a lot, Anders Tegnell tells journalist Emmanuel Karsten.
The OECD also emphasizes in the report that more studies are needed to ensure whether there is a connection between tougher shutdowns in society and the rapid decline in the spread of the infection. The organization also does not present conclusions from the figures.
