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Comment That is not even close to Scandinavia (Score 1) 180

> meaning they claim to use cash for less than 20 per cent of all their in-person transactions.

Ok, they have a little way to go to catch up with the likes of Norway

> only 3 to 5% of all transactions are carried out using cash.

https://monevium.com/blog/top-5-european-countries-with-cashless-societies/

and that data seems to be from 2019 (pre-pandemic). I suspect it is even less cash transations now.

Comment No resupply more frequently than 2+ years (Score 3, Informative) 28

No yu cannot send every 3-6 months because you can launch every two years, when Earth's and Mars' orbit are closely aligned, shortening the distance. Otherwise Mars is too far away and the journey takes too long. Consider in the extreme case where Mars is on one side of the sun and Earth on the other. How long do you think it will take the supplies to reach their location?

Comment Drops in Flu and other illnesses (Score 3, Insightful) 280

The Covid restriction measures here prevented other diseases spreading as well. During the lockdowns their was bascially no flu cases in Norway. Normally 900 or so people would be expected to die from the flu during a winter season. So basically, while there were deaths from Covid they were very few and less than the deaths avoided by other illness no longer being able to spread effectively.

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