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It is not true that they did well economically. Here is a chart in which countries with either similiar confirmed deaths per million people or comparable econom

It is not true that they did well economically. Here is a chart in which countries with either similiar confirmed deaths per million people or comparable economic contraction are charted. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/q2-gdp-growth-vs-confirmed-deaths-due-to-covid-19-per-million-people?country=DNK~ITA~LTU~NOR~KOR~ESP~SWE~TWN~GBR https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/q2-gdp-growth-vs-confirme... Sweden had horribly high number of deaths compared to others with the same or less economic contraction. Among these countries faring better than Sweden are Norway, Denmark and Finland. Sweden did economically well compared to others with the same relative number of deaths, though. You might call it the one-eyed king in the land of the blind if you like.

macspoofing 6y ago
>Sweden had horribly high number of deaths compared to others with the same or less economic contraction. Sweden, like New York, made one huge mistake. They didn't protect their retirement homes. Swedish high death count, as well as New York's, can largely attributed to this huge mistake. In hindsight, the Swedish approach does look like the right one, but we'll know for sure after the dust settles and this pandemic is behind us.
johbjo 6y ago
There were rural regions in Sweden with no deaths and where the economy was essentially uninterrupted. The urban regions, however, were already in the "exponential wall" when covid became a news story. The difference with Norway, Denmark and Finland is that their urban regions did not have early outbreaks.