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[–] Farvana@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It very likely has been a problem and is just being underreported.

A single infection often doesn't cause much harm, but those who have constant exposure and infections (teachers especially) are having major health problems. It's barely mentioned outside of science papers.

[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Our health department seems to be releasing weekly reports about the covid situation. https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/folkhalsorapportering-statistik/statistik-a-o/sjukdomsstatistik/covid-19-veckorapporter/aktuell-veckorapport-om-covid-19/ That week 10 people died with covid in their bodies. All ten were 65+ years, 7 of them was 80+ years.

I am not knowledgeable enought to know if this is a lot or not but it seems low to me. I have faith that my government would do something if the situation was bad.

Edit: Okey so they have stopped publishing weekly reports about covid and will only resume them if the epidemiological situation changes for the worse. Which is the right thing to do in my opinion.