The Sweden experiment: how no lockdowns led to mental health, healthier economy

Re:The Sweden experiment: how no lockdowns led to mental hea... by bryanrasmussen on Sunday August 22, 2021 @04:46PM (#28269446)

>But that death rate is lower than the average for the European Union as a whole (1,684), and well below those of France, Spain, Italy and the UK

I mean one reason why you might want to compare Sweden to other Nordic countries is because you might assume that Nordic countries are more similar to each other than they are to Italy etc.

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Re:The Sweden experiment: how no lockdowns led to mental hea... by tephra on Sunday August 22, 2021 @05:01PM (#28269571)

While that is very true. One thing to note is that we are also very different countries. One of my main gripes during the last almost 2 years now is the implication that Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland are basically the same. Which is far from true.

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Re:The Sweden experiment: how no lockdowns led to mental hea... by bryanrasmussen on Monday August 23, 2021 @01:29AM (#28272589)

I agree that there are differences but from outside (at least where Norway, Sweden and Denmark are concerned) a lot of these differences might seem very 'Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.' especially when comparing any of these countries against a southern European, Latin language family one.

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