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I don’t think you can ever get anything definitive. But if you compare Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. All in the same region, with very similar cultures,

I don’t think you can ever get anything definitive. But if you compare Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. All in the same region, with very similar cultures, similar diets, similar language, etc etc You can see the difference clear enough to make inferences. There were a lot of people in the scientific community, Perhaps the majority, suggested Sweden’s method was superior to what many other countries were doing. The fact is, people are effectively believing what they want. There wouldn’t be a need for censorship if the truth was clear.

angelzen 5y ago
The clarity presupposes that 'cumulative covid deaths / million' is the ultimate measure of a society's worth and achievement. We are incredibly focused on this one metric, to the expense of literally everything else.
benjaminwootton 5y ago
You could compare the relative performance of US states for an even better comparator, eg Florida and Texas. I know they are in the news now, but they’ve been open all year and performed better than many more restricted states. Sweden is apparently much more dense in the cities, has larger cities, bigger migrant population etc so apparently making comparisons across Scandinavia isn’t as helpful as you would expect.