This article is cherry-picking. There are good reasons why people often compare Sweden with similar neighboring countries like Denmark and Norway. The less simi

This article is cherry-picking. There are good reasons why people often compare Sweden with similar neighboring countries like Denmark and Norway. The less similar the compared countries are, the more additional factors need to be taken into account: health systems, compliance levels, population density, population habits and frequency of contacts, how they deal with elderly and how often young and older people mix, economics, and so on and so forth. Experts will provide thorough analysis of fatality rates and the effectiveness of healthcare measures, but it will take a while and I'd rather wait a few years until emotions have cooled down and this is no longer such a "political issue" (most of it is not, but some people chose to make it one). Personally, I'm quite happy with how my host country Portugal dealt with the crisis.