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The per capita death rate for Covid 19 was 50% higher in Sweden than the US. That is a 4 times higher than neighbouring, comparable Denmark. It was the highest

The per capita death rate for Covid 19 was 50% higher in Sweden than the US. That is a 4 times higher than neighbouring, comparable Denmark. It was the highest in Europe That article is from 2020. Today Sweden is 44th in deaths per million, behind the US, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, etc (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/).

LatteLazy 4y ago
Yeah, because the "Swedish approach" was so obviously doing so badly Sweden abandoned it and passed new strict quarantine laws in 2021. So they started improving. Meanwhile the US and UK couldn't be bothered to continue lockdowns, France's anti-vax issues became important as vaccines became available etc etc. From wiki: >On 18 December 2020, Stefan Löfven, the prime minister of Sweden, announced new and tougher restrictions and recommendations including the use of face masks in public transportation and closure of all non-essential public services.[103] In January 2021, a new pandemic law was passed that allows for the use of lockdown measures and legally limited some gatherings.[104] Further measures were introduced in July and December 2021, such as vaccine passports. >Reception for the government's response has been mixed. An independent commission was launched to evaluate the measures taken by the government, the administrative health authorities, and regional municipalities.[105] The commission criticized the response of the government, citing among other things a failure to protect the elderly population,[105] that the Swedish response was marked by slowness, with initial measures "insufficient to stop or even substantially limit the spread of the virus in the country," and that the Swedish healthcare system would face long-term consequences due to "the price of extreme pressure on staff and of cancelled and postponed care."[106] In their final report, the commission described Sweden not introducing lockdowns as "fundamentally correct" for maintaining personal freedoms, but were critical of the decisions not to introduce "more rigorous and intrusive disease prevention and control measures" in February and March 2020.[107] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden

LatteLazy 4y ago

Yeah, because the "Swedish approach" was so obviously doing so badly Sweden abandoned it and passed new strict quarantine laws in 2021. So they started improving. Meanwhile the US and UK couldn't be bothered to continue lockdowns, France's anti-vax issues became important as vaccines became available etc etc. From wiki: >On 18 December 2020, Stefan Löfven, the prime minister of Sweden, announced new and tougher restrictions and recommendations including the use of face masks in public transportation and closure of all non-essential public services.[103] In January 2021, a new pandemic law was passed that allows for the use of lockdown measures and legally limited some gatherings.[104] Further measures were introduced in July and December 2021, such as vaccine passports. >Reception for the government's response has been mixed. An independent commission was launched to evaluate the measures taken by the government, the administrative health authorities, and regional municipalities.[105] The commission criticized the response of the government, citing among other things a failure to protect the elderly population,[105] that the Swedish response was marked by slowness, with initial measures "insufficient to stop or even substantially limit the spread of the virus in the country," and that the Swedish healthcare system would face long-term consequences due to "the price of extreme pressure on staff and of cancelled and postponed care."[106] In their final report, the commission described Sweden not introducing lockdowns as "fundamentally correct" for maintaining personal freedoms, but were critical of the decisions not to introduce "more rigorous and intrusive disease prevention and control measures" in February and March 2020.[107] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden