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Collected Item: “Sweden Criticized for Poor Response to Elderly COVID-19 Patients”

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Sweden Criticized for Poor Response to Elderly COVID-19 Patients

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This is a news clip from PBS titled “Denmark and Sweden responded differently to the pandemic. How did they fare?” This was found on YouTube.

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Malcolm Brabant reports that, “Over ninety percent of Sweden’s [Covid-19] fatalities were over the age of 70. Half were in nursing homes. Oxygen wasn’t provided.” Sweden has seen an improvement in infection rates lately, but the country’s treatment of the elderly in the early days of the pandemic has been widely criticized. Many feel that Sweden’s elderly were shunted aside.

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#ASU, #HST485, #Over60, #pandemic, #elderly, #Sweden

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxLfhR9jaqA

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PBS NewsHour, Malcolm Brabant

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2020-09-08
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