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The probable reason is that they only rarely test vaccinated people. https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/the-public-health-agency-of-sweden/communicable-diseas

• 1cvmask 5y ago
  In addition they don't test kids: The Public Health Agency of Sweden recommends that those who are unvaccinated with symptoms of COVID-19 get tested to see if they have an ongoing infection. The same recommendation applies to children of school age and older, i.e., from about 6 years of age. Younger children of preschool age are primarily advised to stay at home if they are ill, without taking a test. The regions decide which people should be tested. There may be regional variations from the national recommendations, so you need to find out what applies in the region where you are.
  • rossdavidh 5y ago
    If either of those were the reason, wouldn't we expect that to have made a difference throughout most of the pandemic? In other words, we wouldn't expect them to have just recently become the lowest in Europe, they would have appeared to be the lowest for a while now.
  • kcplate 5y ago
    There are only two Covid statistics that matter—Deaths and hospitalization due to Covid. If those two stats are trending downward, great. All this demand for testing every time someone gets a cough or sniffle creates unnecessary authoritarian reactions to what for most is a mild illness.