People were still allowed to live their lives.
That has value.
People were allowed to keep their businesses open.
That has value.
We are allowed to drive cars in the US, even though it kills tens of thousands per year.
That has value.
We are allowed to own guns in the US, even though thousands are killed every year in gun violence.
That has value.
Life is risk. A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
“People were still allowed to live their lives.” — err.. people in Sweden spent most of the time indoors isolated. That was no different than in Denmark or Norway.
“People were allowed to keep their business open” — yes, that’s true, and many shut as they had far fewer customers as people stayed at home
The net result was that Sweden today has 4 times the deaths and the same economic downturn as Norway-Denmark (excl. Greenland)