“A” for effort. Sorry, it’s in statistical noise territory. The main point is that Sweden maintained sanity and is now living normally.
Go ahead, believe the fear porn, wear masks forever, lock up, never go out, take endless shots, deprive those not vaccinated of their rights, fear the “delta” variant...blah blah.
There’s ZERO evidence these policies work at all. FACT - there’s nobody dropping dead in the street because hospitals are over capacity. FACT - we know it mainly hurts old people. FACT - there are higher than normal adverse reactions to these shots. FACT - it doesn’t affect kids.
Put it all together, if you’re old and worried take the shot. If you’re a little younger - chances are you’ll be fine but take it if you want. Let the rest of us live normally and achieve herd immunity. When the politicians are now saying those over TWO YEARS OLD should get the shot, I have a problem. Now they’re rolling out the passports in France. This is NOT an emergency, this is an EXCUSE to control.
How anyone can believe lockdowns and masks are the right policy is astonishing.
It’s not statistical noise. It’s fact.
Two equal entities: Sweden and Norway-Denmark.
Equal in population, population density, ethnicity
Sweden has 3 times the number of deaths per million.
Sweden didn’t have lockdowns as the other did.
Both entities had the SAME economic downturn.
And btw, Denmark has also ended much of its lockdown.
The results so far shows that Denmark-Norway with its lockdowns kept the SAME economic hit as Sweden but with 3 times LESS deaths.
You say “how can anyone...”
the data shows that comparing Sweden to Norway-Denmark, that lockdowns reduced deaths to 1/3rd compared to if you don’t have the lockdown. And the economic impact is the same.
The only variable moved is “lockdown = Y/N” and if you go with “Y”, then your death rate is 1/3 rd that if you go with “N”