[walkhour]

Isn't it just wonderful when the country we most hate for having implemented different covid policies to the suggested by the establishments of all of the countries in the West, coincidentally, is also morally terribly evil, they were giving end-of-life treatment when unnecessary!

[simonh]

The Swedish government does not consider that it followed significantly different policies from most other developed countries. They just implemented various policies at different times, which is true of every country depending on their phase of the pandemic. There were a lot of unknowns early on, and even countries that followed very similar policies often had very different outcomes depending on their demographics, geography, etc. The early differences in approach in Sweden are greatly overblown.

[geysersam]

I'm sure there were situations in Swedish hospitals, in particular around Stockholm during the early stages of the pandemic, were patients were not given appropriate care because of the enormous pressure from COVID. No doubt this increased the number of deaths.

Did this happen because politicians and officials in Sweden despise the scientific method? No.