Found this in
Der Tagesspiegel, and traced its English original back to here:
https://www.project-syndicate.org/co...gstrom-2020-04
On why the Swedish "model" is most likely wrong and very costly.
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It is too soon for a full reckoning of the effects of the “Swedish model.” The COVID-19 death rate is nine times higher than in Finland, nearly five times higher than in Norway, and more than twice as high as in Denmark [and according to Johns Hopkins University 2.8 times as high as in Germany at the time of writing that article, Skybird]. To some degree, the numbers might reflect Sweden’s much larger immigrant population, but the stark disparities with its Nordic neighbors are nonetheless striking. Denmark, Norway, and Finland all imposed rigid lockdown policies early on, with strong, active political leadership. Now that COVID-19 is running rampant through nursing homes and other communities, the Swedish government has had to backpedal. Others who may be tempted by the “Swedish model” should understand that a defining feature of it is a higher death toll.
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