Posted on 12/27/2022 4:28:30 PM PST by algore
Serious holes have been poked in the world’s response to the pandemic, with Sweden emerging atop a telling list of nations least affected by Covid-19.
In a list of countries studied by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Scandinavian nation ranked lowest for overall cumulative excess deaths from 2020-22 at 6.8 per cent, compared to Australia (18 per cent), the UK (24.5 per cent) and the US (54.1 per cent).
The results are even more poignant considering Sweden was one of the few developed nations that opted against widespread lockdowns.
As governments scrambled to make the idea of locking down regular life palatable throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, Sweden refused, opting for a “voluntary” approach to dealing with the spread.
The nation of 10.4 million kept schools from closing throughout the biggest waves of the virus’ spread and did not mandate masks.
It should be noted Sweden’s population density sits at around 25 per square kilometre, roughly half that of the worldwide average, with neighbouring Denmark having around 125 per square km.
According to the Swedish government, the country’s response has been partly based on voluntary action.
“For example, rather than enforce a nationwide lockdown, the authorities gave recommendations: to stay home if you‘ve got symptoms, to keep a distance to others, to avoid public transport if possible,” a spokesman said
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That word “despite” in the title made me laugh.
Sweden had the bizarre policy of avoiding the lock-downs and then injecting everyone with the mRNA, anyway, at least for a while.
Amusing how the feminist party ruled Swedes turn out to be the smartest when it came to Covid.19 hysteria. We also called them socialists and rolling over for massive Muslim immigration.
Go figure! Denmark was very Covid.xyz rational too.
Fixed it.
“Despite”, lol
Covid has been BULLSHIT on steroids!
The Great Reset.
Time to wake up.
Fixed
"Sweden has the lowest excess mortality rate after the pandemic, despite refusing to lock down"
“We” need to make a distinction between a drilled, fast-response lockdown and a government-manufactured crisis lockdown timed to try to help desperate Democrats win an election.
Fauxi can explain that...
Sweden still has the highest Covid death rate in Scandinavia.
Deaths per 1M
Sweden 2113
Denmark 1328
Norway 829
Iceland 663
Faeroe Islands 569
And non-Scandinavian neighbor Finland 1428
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
de facto Sweden simply euthanized a lot of their elderly and sick population during the peak of the pandemic.
On the other hand:
A year and a half after Sweden decided not to lock down, its COVID-19 death rate is up to 10 times higher than its neighbors
Aria Bendix Aug 21, 2021, 7:55 AM
Muddy the Waters much?
Branch COVIDians. Spit.
But Swedes were dropping like flies for awhile. The King cried on tv apologizing to them.
Something like twice the numbers of their neighbors as I recall.
“...de facto Sweden simply euthanized a lot of their elderly and sick population during the peak of the pandemic.”
So did New York. So did Wisconsin. So did Michigan...blah, blah, blah.
Your point is...?
( 21,627 deaths over three years / 10,255,366 population ) x 100 = 0.21 percent mortality rate over three years. An annualized rate would be about a third.
Sources: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/sweden and https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/sweden-population/
Given a rule-of-thumb death rate in a population of 1.027 percent PER YEAR (US data), Sweden's morality rate for Covid is small in comparison to 1.027 percent per year, or 3.081 percent in a period of three years.
0.21 versus 3.091.
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
“Branch COVIDians...”
Oh, THAT is so good! FReepers are the most clever people on the planet. :)
I like to point out the leftist media’s inconsistent behavior.
I like to point out the leftist media’s inconsistent behavior. Yes, spit.
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