An aside of your aside; While I have no problem criticizing some of their choices and (IMHO) lack of transparency, I do take some issue with the comparisons (n

An aside of your aside; While I have no problem criticizing some of their choices and (IMHO) lack of transparency, I do take some issue with the comparisons (not yours) in the text you quoted. It's true that the death rate is higher, but an often ignored factor is the (differing) chosen qualifier for covid deaths between countries [0]. Compared to UK/Italy/Spain/France/US/etc, Sweden doesn't have many "unaccounted" deaths during the pandemic [1]. [0] https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/trump-admin-won-t-require-nursing-homes-count-covid-19-n1213141 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/trump-admin-won-t... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronav...