>>Is it though? Because neither you nor the linked piece have provided any framework by which to call it an outlier. Calling something a statistical outlier has

>>Is it though? Because neither you nor the linked piece have provided any framework by which to call it an outlier. Calling something a statistical outlier has no meaning without statistics. That's entirely false. The study provided the framework, which is a map and graph showing the countries of Europe and both their population weighted density, and their COVID mortality rates, respectively: https://i0.wp.com/swprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/population-density-europe-e1639867067166.jpg?w=1472&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/swprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/popul... https://i0.wp.com/swprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sweden-europe-mortality-comparison.png?w=1166&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/swprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/swede... It's plainly a statistical outlier. >>The case for its inclusion is the fact that it's a country in the region, and we're comparing countries in the region. There's no accompanying analysis to support grouping all countries of a region together for a comparison. You need a good reason to include it, given you're using it a reference point to criticize a partricular country's response.