Reuters: Sweden saw lower 2020 death spike than much of Europe (Corona)

Haidut, Ort, Donnerstag, 25.03.2021, 14:31 (vor 1737 Tagen) @ Basti Van Basten

Reuters"STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden, which has shunned the strict lockdowns that have choked much of the global economy, emerged from 2020 with a smaller increase in its overall mortality rate than most European countries, an analysis of official data sources showed.[...]
Twenty-one of the 30 countries with available statistics had higher excess mortality than Sweden[...]
Sweden’s Chief Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, a largely unknown figure before the pandemic who became internationally known as the figurehead of the Swedish response, told Reuters he believed the data raised doubts about the use of lockdowns.
“I think people will probably think very carefully about these total shutdowns, how good they really were,” he said.