Sweden did not have the lowest Covid death rate, its neighbour Denmark, which tallied 32 excess deaths per 100,000, while Norway logged one fewer death per 100,000 than expected – but Sweden had according to WHO data, an average excess death rate of 56 per 100,000 – compared to 109 in the UK, 111 in Spain, 116 in Germany, and 133 in Italy. Italy, we should note, had draconian Covid mandates, while Sweden did not go for the fanatical lockdowns that the rest of the planet went for. Its example shows that the lockdowns were more politics than epidemiology and public health.
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