Even with billions of people on the planet, a virus like this doesn't spread evenly, even on a large scale. You always have pockets of infection caused by chanc

Even with billions of people on the planet, a virus like this doesn't spread evenly, even on a large scale. You always have pockets of infection caused by chance and opportunity. So regardless of the viability of the strategy, the numbers can look different. We could discuss which country did best, but I doubt it would lead to anything constructive. Of course a bad strategy can make it worse and I think Sweden was too naive with this, but you cannot really say which country had the best policies.