In Canada there was some limited use of additional refrigeration space
Yes, Canada, where public health measures were implemented earlier than some other places in the world.
article published by the NYT
I don't have a New York Times account, so I can't read the article. Can you cut and paste the parts where it talks about storing bodies in refrigerated trailers?
Meanwhile, here's a twitter post from the NYT illustrating the increase in deaths when the virus gets ahead of the public health measures. Note the spike in deaths a couple of months after the article you referenced.
(https://twitter.com/i/events/1255503813345267714?lang=en)
I accept that the hit to the economy has been brutal, and I wish it was as easy to illustrate as the medical outcomes. It's a global pandemic. Everybody hurts.
I don't subscribe to the NYT. All you need to know is the title. This issue with "overflowing" morgues was a problem before covid, not because of it.
Not "fatality rate from covid" -- the country's mortality rate. Deaths from all causes. While Sweden may have had more people "with covid" die, overall the country's mortality rate was about the same as previous years, and better than countries with harsher lockdown measures. It may seem insensitive, but the fact of the matter is many people who died of covid would have died soon anyway. Do you know how many people die in LTCs every year? Average residency is 1.5 years I believe.
For anyone else following this discussion: Basing your argument on just the title of an article - not its content - is pretty shallow research. It's only one small step above just making stuff up.
The take-away is that the virus has the potential to overwhelm the healthcare system, which s set up for "normal" times. People who would normally be treated for regular emergencies can't get in.
Not "fatality rate from covid"
Except that it IS the fatality rate from covid. Anyone who wants to can follow the link and see the numbers.
You seem to have a significant comprehension problem.
The article discusses pre-pandemic "overflowing" morgues, if you want to subscribe and see for yourself what it has to say, please feel free to do so. It's not a new problem, esp. in the USA.
Mortality rate is the total deaths from all causes, not just covid. Despite having higher deaths attributed to covid than some other countries, in the end this had less of an influence on Sweden's mortality rate. Sweden's excess deaths was something like 7.7% which is somewhat less than what other countries, like Belgium, experienced.
If this still doesn't make sense, don't bother responding.
What makes sense to me is that someone - whose only support for their opinion, apparently, is the title of an article they haven't read - probably doesn't want to know any more because they are afraid they might be wrong.
As for Sweden I'm not sure why you want to retreat to the country's overall mortality rate when the topic is deaths from covid.
Yes, Canada, where public health measures were implemented earlier than some other places in the world.
I don't have a New York Times account, so I can't read the article. Can you cut and paste the parts where it talks about storing bodies in refrigerated trailers?
Meanwhile, here's a twitter post from the NYT illustrating the increase in deaths when the virus gets ahead of the public health measures. Note the spike in deaths a couple of months after the article you referenced. (https://twitter.com/i/events/1255503813345267714?lang=en)
Where the fatality rate from covid is more than twice as high as Canada's. Canada's fatality rate is 37% of the States', and Sweden's is 77%. (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries)
I accept that the hit to the economy has been brutal, and I wish it was as easy to illustrate as the medical outcomes. It's a global pandemic. Everybody hurts.
I don't subscribe to the NYT. All you need to know is the title. This issue with "overflowing" morgues was a problem before covid, not because of it.
Not "fatality rate from covid" -- the country's mortality rate. Deaths from all causes. While Sweden may have had more people "with covid" die, overall the country's mortality rate was about the same as previous years, and better than countries with harsher lockdown measures. It may seem insensitive, but the fact of the matter is many people who died of covid would have died soon anyway. Do you know how many people die in LTCs every year? Average residency is 1.5 years I believe.
Sure.
For anyone else following this discussion: Basing your argument on just the title of an article - not its content - is pretty shallow research. It's only one small step above just making stuff up.
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-federal-memo-reveals-trucks-used-for-dead-2020-5
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fema-is-sending-85-refrigerated-trucks-to-new-york-city-to-serve-as-temporary-morgues-2020-04-01
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/05/15/coronavirus-temporary-morgues-trucks-can-haul-food-again-fda-says/5202538002/
The take-away is that the virus has the potential to overwhelm the healthcare system, which s set up for "normal" times. People who would normally be treated for regular emergencies can't get in.
Except that it IS the fatality rate from covid. Anyone who wants to can follow the link and see the numbers.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
You seem to have a significant comprehension problem.
The article discusses pre-pandemic "overflowing" morgues, if you want to subscribe and see for yourself what it has to say, please feel free to do so. It's not a new problem, esp. in the USA.
Mortality rate is the total deaths from all causes, not just covid. Despite having higher deaths attributed to covid than some other countries, in the end this had less of an influence on Sweden's mortality rate. Sweden's excess deaths was something like 7.7% which is somewhat less than what other countries, like Belgium, experienced.
If this still doesn't make sense, don't bother responding.
What makes sense to me is that someone - whose only support for their opinion, apparently, is the title of an article they haven't read - probably doesn't want to know any more because they are afraid they might be wrong.
As for Sweden I'm not sure why you want to retreat to the country's overall mortality rate when the topic is deaths from covid.