Sweden’s Covid-19 strategy caused an ‘amplification of the epidemic’
The Swedish approach has won praise from figures on the American right such as Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who have suggested that it provides a model for the US to follow.
Statistics suggest that Sweden has performed poorly compared to its Scandinavian neighbors, which imposed strict lockdowns.
Reported coronavirus deaths per million in Sweden stand at 358, according to Statista –
even higher than the hard-hit US, at 267.
The Swedish figure is dramatically worse than those of
Denmark (93),
Finland (53) and
Norway (44).
In Sweden, “we’re seeing an amplification of the epidemic, because there’s simply more social contact”,
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So let's open up CAPITALIST USA to see if we can beat SOCIALIST Sweden's per-million death rate.