> attitudes and disciplines are also somewhat to blame.

This is how the disease will be dismissed. Why bother researching it when you can just blame the victim? It works for ME and endometriosis, and it's far cheaper than diagnosing and treating people.

Not sure it is accurate to say Sweden did not lock down. Afaik they had some measures in place, and were counting on people to behave sensibly in other aspects. So even though there were perhaps less lockdown rules, most people might still have adjusted their behavior.

As mentioned I think this really only applies on a macro scale.

Individual anecdotes (such as my personal friends who did not change behaviour), while unscientific, paint a similar picture to what is being presented as evidence, so it's an additional data point to consider.

So, at least there is some correlation with the sentiment, and by people whom I know have not adjusted their behaviour. (including myself)

Sweden's restrictions were excessively light, by the way, 8pm closing of restaurants and gyms is not exactly a big deal to people going to the gym after work.

Both my gym and pool were closed for almost half a year in Sweden.

In Göteborg SATS nor Friskis&Svettis were never closed during the pandemic. I also knew that Fitness24 was open all the way too. Which gym are you talking about?

My gym and pool area in the same building, run by the same company (medley). The pool was closed by the city and the gym was closed by proxy.

Fitness24/7 in town was so small that it was impossible to get in due to covid retrictions. Something like a maximum of 9 people which meant that it was impossible to get in during popular hours.

What, really? SATS closed for like 2 months at the start of the pandemic and has been open since then.

My girlfriend is the manager of one of the Malmo branches.