> These numbers are to some extent distortions brought about by Sweden having different ways of associating deaths with COVID-19. This is why anyone should be

> These numbers are to some extent distortions brought about by Sweden having different ways of associating deaths with COVID-19. This is why anyone should be extremely wary of comparing "deaths per million" statistics across nations, since the statistic is 1) not standardized and 2) not always trustworthy. Counting excess mortality isn't as good, but at least it's normalized across the board, so you can make some kind of meaningful comparison.