> Japan [...] No lockdowns. No vaccine passports. No vaccine mandate. No mask mandate.
Japan may not have mask mandates, but it is my understanding that they had very high levels of non-mandated mask wearing.
> Literally nothing.
If you're implying that they had Great Barrington style mass infection parties, I would certainly like to see more evidence of that.
> Sweden also had no lockdowns
"Lockdowns" is a red herring. Very few places in the world had complete lockdowns, and very few places in the world were completely without restrictions. Notably, Sweden closed universities for some time and instituted domestic and international travel restrictions and assembly restrictions — exactly the kind of measures that get described as "lockdowns" in other countries.
> and two years in, has lowest excess mortality in Europe
Lowest, other than… Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Norway. Notably, they did MUCH worse than any of their immediate neighbours, which should be their natural peer group to compare against: https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336
Public health researchers have not been able to explain Sweden particularly well, but Japan is a country with scrupulous rule-following. You will note they also have the world's highest age of mortality in non-covid times, too.
No lockdowns. No vaccine passports. No vaccine mandate. No mask mandate.
Literally nothing.
Outcome: lowest incidence and lowest mortality in the world.
Seems like they've managed to protect the vulnerable without unnecessary panic attacks. Why?
Sweden also had no lockdowns, and two years in, has lowest excess mortality in Europe, and average on all other measures. Why?
Please show us with numbers how Japan and Sweden did much worse by refusing draconian measures.
Thanks.