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The New York Times Finally Warms to Sweden’s Pandemic Response—Three Years Later

Commentary Last week The New York Times published an article that would have been unthinkable a few years ago. “How Did No-Mandate Sweden End Up With Such an Average Pandemic?” the headline asked. Times writer David Wallace-Wells doesn’t accept claims that Sweden—which drew intense criticism for refusing to go into lockdown in 2020—had the lowest…


No-Lockdown European Country Sees Lowest Pandemic Excess Deaths

Sweden, which imposed very few restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, had one of the lowest excess mortality rates in Europe and the world during that period, according to data from Eurostat. The annual excess mortality for the European Union in 2021 was 14 percent higher than the pre-pandemic 2016-2019 period per Eurostat data. Meanwhile, Sweden…