When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, governments around the world competed to impose lockdowns and disguise mandates to stop the spread of the disease.
Several effective vaccines were released at the end of 2020, which made it appear that the end of the pandemic was in sight. However, the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant has caused serious concern, with experts warning that mitigation measures and vaccine reinforcement shots may be necessary.
But one country firmly refused to follow the COVID-19 strategy adopted by the rest of the world: Sweden
And viral Unmasked delstack post analyzed whether Sweden’s attitude to coronavirus pays off.
Unmasked noted that experts and the mainstream media beat the Swedish government when it decided not to introduce lockdowns and mandates, and instead decided that flock immunity was the best way to fight COVID-19.
In fact, most experts called Sweden a “dangerous offender” in 2020 and predicted that it would have the highest death rate of any nation and that its system would crumble under the weight of the pandemic.
But do their predictions hold up?
The post noted that Sweden is now ranked 40th in the world in terms of deaths per capita, which indicates that experts’ predictions were completely off.
According to Unmasked“Sweden’s approach” was consistent and sustainable because it did not rely on indefinite mask mandates and closure of companies as methods to “control” COVID. “
“When other countries saw their cumulative mortality rise, Sweden dropped sharply in the rankings due to their consistent, sustainable practices.”
Israel, on the other hand, imposed severe restrictions and vaccinated its population in record time, but is still fighting to limit COVID-19.
Unmasked claimed that journalists refuse to report on what is happening in Sweden “because it is no longer useful for the media to market their agenda.”
“It’s a microcosm of the catastrophic, indeterminate mess we live through – experts erroneously, hysterically screaming that masks and closures of companies and capacity limits were absolutely necessary to keep COVID ‘under control’, and the media immediately took on their role as promoters of incompetence. group-minded and professional scolding at all who did not agree “, claimed the station post and concluded that it was worthwhile for Sweden to go” against the herd “.
Harvard Medical School professor Martin Kulldorff – who helped develop the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) – approved the sub-stack post and shared it via Twitter.
Sweden’s chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said in a recent interview that avoiding lockdowns and mandates pays off, as reported by Business Insider.
However, he noted that “high levels of vaccination are the only way we can get out of this pandemic” because just letting the virus spread through the population does not work.
Sweden has had a higher mortality rate than other Nordic countries, but lower than many European countries that relied on lockdown.
Source: sn.dk