[mcrae]

Did you read the article? Or are you just regurgitating to Fox News talking points?

Sweden - on both health and economic measures - has fared nearly as worse as the United States (read: not great).

[slaw]

I have no idea what Fox News says, I used Wikipedia. Sweden did very good. Take a look at 'All-cause daily deaths 2015–2020'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Sweden

[IvyMike]

Please read the article; it covers this. And as for your link--Sweden doesn't fare that well in contrast to some of its neighbors, and isn't really a standout case.

[nickthemagicman]

Sweden is doong better than almost all places now .

It has single digit death rates.

It's basically done with Covid.

Which neighbors are you referring too?

[IvyMike]

Let's say Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway. If ONLY THERE WAS AN ARTICLE SOMEWHERE THAT COVERED THIS.

> Notice too that countries with similar falls in GDP have witnessed very different death rates. For instance, compare the US and Sweden with Denmark and Poland. All four countries saw economic contractions of around 8 to 9 percent, but the death rates are markedly different: the US and Sweden have recorded 5 to 10 times more deaths per million.

I'm not trying to "demonize" Sweden, but the poster above is trying to imply that Sweden is some kind of exceptionally good case. By the metrics I can see, it's not that either.

[panpanna]

Off topic: that was one of the most ambitious Wikipedia pages I've ever read.

How do people find time for these stuff?

[qwerty765654]

WHO Special Envoy Heaps Praise on Sweden’s Covid Strategy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-31/who-speci...