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Denmark more social than most in the face of the coronavirus epidemic
Christian Wenande
August 31st, 2020
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During week 32, only 14 percent of Danes avoided inviting people over to their homes
The Danes have been slacking as of late (photo: Wonderful Copenhagen/Giuseppe Liverino)
The world may be in the midst of a coronavirus epidemic and the number of confirmed cases has been on the rise recently, but the Danes seem to be returning to their social ways.
According to survey figures from Imperial College London, Denmark was the country in the world that had the lowest rate of avoiding inviting guests into their homes in week 32 (August 3-9).
The figures showed that just 14 percent of Danes completely avoided having people over for some ‘hygge’ action, which tied the Netherlands for the lowest out of the 20 countries surveyed.
In comparison, that figure was over 40 percent in countries such as Brazil, the US, the UK, Australia, Mexico and India.
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Slacking lately
Furthermore, only 35 percent of Danes responded that they avoided congregations of over ten people – again the lowest number out of the countries surveyed.
In countries like the US, Australia, Japan, Brazil, the UK and India, the figure was at least 60 percent.
Imperial College London has surveyed around 1,000 people in each of the 20 countries and, judging from the figures coming out of Denmark, the Danes have definitely become less vigilant in recent weeks.
In week 24 (June 14-20) over 60 percent of Danes said they avoided inviting guests into their homes, while almost 88 percent said they avoided gatherings of more than ten people.
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