[alltakendamned]

The bureaucrats that have been responsible for the questionable approach Sweden has followed are currently fighting like a cornered cat to avoid any and all accountability. So this 'message' fits the narrative well.

The prime minister has stepped down and left the reigns to someone else this week. The responsible for the health authorities has started his pension a week or two ago. Both conveniently around the same time that the Swedish investigative COVID commission has released a scathing report on the handling of the epidemic.

The state epidemiologist, Dr. Tengele, sorry, Dr. Tegnell, is still there but currently in full-on "blame others"-mode, as long as the buck doesn't stop with him. It's the regions, or the elder care facilities, or the immigrants, or anyone as long as it isn't him.

It's makes for a immensely sad and sorry sight, but not unexpected in a country with no opposition voices, neither in politics nor media. But that's nothing new under the sun as it was already known in 1971, and nothing has changed since. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Totalitarians

Additionally, Sweden has changed it's guidance since last week so people that have been vaccinated twice should no longer get COVID tests, so please take any and all official numbers with a serious grain of salt and consider them as 'absolute minimum' values

[toxik]

Your entire argument falls over flat if you look at excess mortality. Aggregate statistics are hard to misunderstand. Sweden did worse at first, but is in general unremarkable.

[cjblomqvist]

The prime minster stepped down, but his second is taking over, and she's been more or less as involved as him during all this. Lots of other political aspects (and probably soon private ones) surely did factor in the timing.

Regarding the guy responsible for the health authorities. He looks quite old so it makes sense for him to retire, especially after a significant very special "project" is "done". Tegnell's wife (who's also been a public face during the pandemic) is taking over. Doesn't look too me like they're trying to start over.

No opposition: Really? There's been plenty in the news about the handling of the pandemic. TNT seems completely out of touch with reality. Could there be an alternative explanation why there's no uprising? Maybe people in Sweden in general isn't super dissatisfied (in general) with the outcome? I think it's clear even just from this thread that the view on how Sweden had handled the situation is mixed/unclear.

As for your last statement. There's a lot of difference in quality in the numbers from all countries more or less.

I'm a Swede with a relative who worked at "Folkhälsomyndigheten" during the pandemic who have also heard from other sources how these numbers/stats are collected in various countries.

PS. I'm not saying Swedens strategy was right or wrong. I'd say we need to wait and see what actual science has to say after we're all done with this. Instead of seeing random things as signs and thinking it's all a conspiracy.

[chucky]

> The state epidemiologist, Dr. Tengele, sorry, Dr. Tegnell

Do you honestly expect anyone to take you seriously when you compare someone to a Nazi war criminal?