Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/dW8MMcuLm-Y   States and countries that strictly limit public activity in the face of CoVid spread enjoy dramatically lower mortality rates.  Johns Hopkins researchers now report 4 fold lower rates in the States and an 11 fold lower rate in Scandinavia.   Comparing strictly-controlled Washington State to laissez-faire Massachusetts showed an 80% mortality rate drop and a 67% case fatality rate reduction.  Comparing locked down Norway with wide open Sweden revealed a 91% mortality reduction and a 70% case fatality rate drop.   Population density differences explain much of the difference (WA/MA=87% lower; N/S=77% lower), still the relative crowding in Massachusetts and Sweden argues even more strongly for strict measures.   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.11.21251580v1.full.pdf+html   #publichealth #mandatory #voluntary #CoVid