Thread by @andrewflood

First time I’ve seen this very useful table from near the start of the pandemic which assigns a score to what’s essentially the housing crisis contribution to the pandemic - note Swedens position at the bottom of the table while we are 3rd worst at top

https://twitter.com/dazult_pdempsey/status/1373264129155342336

And breaking down some of the factors that make up that housing crisis score. Given the huge role of household transmission the advantage to having a lot of single occupier households where there is nobody else to infect is self evident in making it easier to control

https://twitter.com/dazult_pdempsey/status/1308738830225342466

Going back to this table people have been asking why Denmark, Finland, Germany & Sweden have lower cases with much open. Those are the four least effected by ‘housing crisis’ overcrowding conditions as measured here. Norway not listed but also would be low on scale

So our difficulty exiting the pandemic is in part due not only to under resourcing health but also due to under resourcing housing. And fixing both these is the work of years, not weeks but also something of immense value beyond the pandemic. We also score badly on sick pay

With all those disadvantages it’s remarkable we have one of the lowest mortalities in Europe - entirely the collective work of the population & despite the policies imposed by decades of governments of landlords & bosses