Sweden didn't have overloaded hospitals, used standard pandemic guidelines (i.e. before everyone shit their pants and went full authoritarian, based on "Chinas did it" as opposed to any kind of evidence based approach). A year on and Sweden are no worse off than the average European country, so we should be asking ourselves if lockdwon was a sensible option. Sadly many people are cheering them on without any evidence to suggest they had a meaningful effect.
"But, worse than the surrounding countries" you say. Finland and Norway had minimal lock downs and no mask mandates. Also Sweden always has 5 times the number of flu deaths per capita compared to Finland on a normal year, for whatever reason.
Sweden didn't have overloaded hospitals, used standard pandemic guidelines (i.e. before everyone shit their pants and went full authoritarian, based on "Chinas did it" as opposed to any kind of evidence based approach). A year on and Sweden are no worse off than the average European country, so we should be asking ourselves if lockdwon was a sensible option. Sadly many people are cheering them on without any evidence to suggest they had a meaningful effect.
"But, worse than the surrounding countries" you say. Finland and Norway had minimal lock downs and no mask mandates. Also Sweden always has 5 times the number of flu deaths per capita compared to Finland on a normal year, for whatever reason.