In Europe, we have Sweden as an example of a country initiating social distancing measures but not lockdown. Consistent with the previous study's findings, there's no clear signal that adding lockdown has an additional positive effect when Sweden is compared with peers. https://twitter.com/Goosedancer/status/1249850786353381376
Really good thread that discusses why displaying deaths per capita versus time on a linear scale can be deceptive. Not sure if fixing the chart would change the general impression that Sweden is not experiencing worse results than its European peers. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1249930293928030209
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