Note that back then he only acknowledged that there has been more deaths than they thought. But he did not back then think having adopted a different strategy w

Note that back then he only acknowledged that there has been more deaths than they thought. But he did not back then think having adopted a different strategy would have necessarily saved any lives, because many of the deaths were in elderly homes. In yesterday's press meeting, he admitted that given what they know now Sweden would have actually adopted a different strategy. It was at perceived as the first actual admission that the adopted policy was in fact too open. Given that the policy mistake might have at this point lead to thousands of preventable deaths, he understandably treads very carefully.