Funny how two different people can read the same article and get two different messages from it. When in doubt, resort to a direct quote:
"The decisions taken in Sweden have fed into a global debate over the economic consequences of shuttering a society to fight a pandemic. Some analysts have argued that Sweden’s economy is likely to fare better, while others suggest the opposite is true. The data so far have been mixed.
Andersson said her recent prediction that Sweden is now facing its worst recession since World War II still holds. But she also said there are “quite a few indications of an upturn, from a very low level,” and “consumption has dropped less in Sweden than in other countries.”
Even so, Sweden’s recession is likely to be roughly as bad as that in the European Union, which estimates an average GDP decline of 7.4% this year."
If you go back to the link I provided yesterday and scroll past the picture at the top, you will see the numbers for the whole wide world. Just below that, there are two boxes, one says "United States" and the other says "Global". If you click on "United States" you will get a list of the numbers for all the U.S. states. If you click on "Global" you will get a list of the numbers for foreign countries. As of yesterday, Michigan had about 10,000 more cases and almost a thousand more deaths than Sweden. Michigan's numbers came in quite low today, so the gap may have narrowed by now. If present trends continue, Sweden will eventually catch up and pass Michigan but, as of yesterday, they hadn't.
Uncle Ken was right about the population numbers for Michigan and Sweden, they are 20 million combined, not individually. I had recently looked them up and was working from memory last night.
I don't know where Uncle Ken gets the idea that I never look anything up for myself. That was the old Beagles, the new improved Beagles looks up lots of things. Not that it does any good, because Uncle Ken frequently ignores my links or refuses to believe the information they contain. I, on the other hand, occasionally click on one of Uncle Ken' links only to find that it doesn't say exactly what he says it says.
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We don't register long guns in Michigan, just handguns. Since about 1968, when you purchase any kind of gun from a licensed dealer, the sale is recorded and filed away somewhere, but you are not issued a permit to own or carry that gun, except for handguns as previously mentioned. If you later transfer ownership of that gun to a private citizen, that sale is not recorded unless you record it yourself for your own benefit. I suppose that's a good idea, but it's not required by law. I think most other states have something similar, but some municipalities might have different rules.
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