Yup I found the overwhelmingly negative tone of this article off-putting. It doesn't quote any opposing viewpoints. It doesn't quote anybody actually living in Sweden, or any sort of public opinion polls on how Swedish people feel their government is handling things. It only compares Sweden's death rate to countries with lower rates (when countries with higher rates exist). And it seems to paint a straw man argument about what Sweden's reasons are for not implementing lockdowns (I don't think it was just about the economy).
It also doesn't delve very deeply into why Sweden's fatality rate is higher than average. It seems to imply that it's all because Sweden didn't implement forced lockdowns. But I am living in an area that also didn't implement forced lockdowns, and we have experienced virtually no deaths from covid in my city thus far. What measures specifically could Sweden have taken to save lives? And is there anything that they did well?
I have found a lot of the coverage on covid to be fairly sensationalist (ranging from "it's all a big hoax" to "the world as we know it has ended"). Does anyone have any suggestions for more rational, honest, and detailed coverage of covid?
It also doesn't delve very deeply into why Sweden's fatality rate is higher than average. It seems to imply that it's all because Sweden didn't implement forced lockdowns. But I am living in an area that also didn't implement forced lockdowns, and we have experienced virtually no deaths from covid in my city thus far. What measures specifically could Sweden have taken to save lives? And is there anything that they did well?
I have found a lot of the coverage on covid to be fairly sensationalist (ranging from "it's all a big hoax" to "the world as we know it has ended"). Does anyone have any suggestions for more rational, honest, and detailed coverage of covid?