Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Sweden versus U.S. Date:   4/13/2020 5:31:58 PM

Of course there is.  It's not about the absolute numbers, it is about the trends of the bell curve.  I thought this would be obvious but apparently not.  One would think that if the restrictions were effective then you would see a shorter and flatter bell curve. And those countries without similar restrictions would see a rapid spike in cases and deaths and a worst case outcome as we saw in the earliest models.  That has not happened in Sweden any more than it has in the U.S. or UK.  Nor has it happened in states like Oklahoma where there has been no shelter in place EO.  I find that interesting but it will be a long time before we find out whether it is a coincidence or not.