There was a thread about the Swedish government's response a month or two ago which argued that Sweden was overly reliant on an evidence-based approach. The thr

There was a thread about the Swedish government's response a month or two ago which argued that Sweden was overly reliant on an evidence-based approach. The thrust of the argument being that there was insufficient evidence at the time to determine a meaningful response; we were flying blind. I'm bringing this up because the reasoning is the same as yours (policy should be evidence-based) and yet the outcome of that reasoning is so different.