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After all was said and done, astonishingly, Sweden had one of the lowest excess death rates of all European countries, and less than half that of the United States.
originally posted by: Lychian
a reply to: chr0naut
Or instead posting a newspaper article you could research it yourself, here I'll even give a government backed site, it's the Office of National Statistics in the UK. Sweden was the 2nd lowest for excess deaths in all Europe...
Comparisons of all-cause mortality between European countries and regions: 28 December 2019 to week ending 1 July 2022
originally posted by: Itisnowagain
a reply to: chr0naut
Here is a more up to date look at how Sweden did:
Sweden during the Pandemic Pariah or Paragon?
AUGUST 29, 2023
www.cato.org...
After all was said and done, astonishingly, Sweden had one of the lowest excess death rates of all European countries, and less than half that of the United States.
There is a lot to read.....so the above quote is pretty far down the page in the link.
originally posted by: Lychian
a reply to: chr0naut
CDC stats for 2020-2021 showed no more than 2000 cases for flu compared to millions in the years before đ¤ˇ
www.cdc.gov...
Now we know more. It seems likely that Sweden did much better than other countries in terms of the economy, education, mental health, and domestic abuse, and still came away from the pandemic with fewer excess deaths than in almost any other European country, and less than half that of the United Statesâthe country where both the president and major newspapers repeatedly used Sweden as a cautionary tale. The conclusion is uncomfortable for other governments. It was not Sweden that engaged in a reckless, unprecedented pandemic experiment, but the rest of the world. This experiment did not turn out well compared to the one country that did not throw out the manual. Millions of people were deprived of their freedoms without a discernible benefit to public health.
This is why so many scholars and decisionmakers insisted that it was necessary to wait for a broader perspective and look at excess deaths, that is, the number of deaths over a period compared to a previous period or an expected value. Now we have those numbers. When you look at excess deaths during the three pandemic years, 2020â2022, compared to the previous three years, you get a very different picture. According to this measure, Swedenâs excess death rate during the pandemic was 4.4 percent higher than previously. Compared to the data that other countries report to Eurostat, this is less than half of the average European level of 11.1 percent, and remarkably, it is the lowest excess mortality rate during the pandemic of all European countries, including Norway, Denmark, and Finland (see Figure 2).30
originally posted by: Lychian
a reply to: chr0naut
CDC stats for 2020-2021 showed no more than 2000 cases for flu compared to millions in the years before đ¤ˇ
www.cdc.gov...
originally posted by: CanadianLoudMouth
originally posted by: Lychian
a reply to: chr0naut
CDC stats for 2020-2021 showed no more than 2000 cases for flu compared to millions in the years before đ¤ˇ
www.cdc.gov...
Well yes, but also everyone was wearing masks and social distancing to NOT spread germs. So it follows that you should have less of all colds, flus, etc. when everyone is doing what they can to avoid the spread.
"Medical/surgical masks compared to no masks
Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenzaâlike illness (ILI)/COVIDâ19 like illness compared to not wearing masks (risk ratio (RR) 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.84 to 1.09.
N95/P2 respirators compared to medical/surgical masks
The use of a N95/P2 respirators compared to medical/surgical masks probably makes little or no difference for the objective and more precise outcome of laboratoryâconfirmed influenza infection.....Restricting pooling to healthcare workers made no difference to the overall findings.
Harms were poorly measured and reported, but discomfort wearing medical/surgical masks or N95/P2 respirators was mentioned in several studies (very lowâcertainty evidence).
One previously reported ongoing RCT has now been published and observed that medical/surgical masks were nonâinferior to N95 respirators in a large study of 1009 healthcare workers in four countries providing direct care to COVIDâ19 patients. "
"The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. There were no clear differences between the use of medical/surgical masks compared with N95/P2 respirators in healthcare workers when used in routine care to reduce respiratory viral infection."
www.cochranelibrary.com...
originally posted by: Lychian
a reply to: chr0naut
You was talking about COVID no?
You gave flu stats for 2023, during the pandemic flu virtually disappeared...
You also never answered my original question đ¤
You don't or won't listen to anything but what you want to hear/read it seems, the whole pandemic and forced vaccines was shambolic and if it wasn't for people not getting a vaccine then you wouldn't have a control group to compare with.
originally posted by: Lychian
a reply to: chr0naut
Either way you used Sweden to say they did worse than the US and they obviously didn't, no lockdowns, no masks no forced vaccines....
You still never answered my original question by the way...
If the government, TV and media didn't tell you that COVID was here then would all of this have happened?
Because 3 years on it certainly looks like a flu season....
originally posted by: chr0naut
originally posted by: Lychian
a reply to: chr0naut
You was talking about COVID no?
You gave flu stats for 2023, during the pandemic flu virtually disappeared...
You also never answered my original question đ¤
You don't or won't listen to anything but what you want to hear/read it seems, the whole pandemic and forced vaccines was shambolic and if it wasn't for people not getting a vaccine then you wouldn't have a control group to compare with.
According to those stats I gave, flu didn't 'virtually disappear'. And if you look at the stats for flu back in 2012, it shows how variable flu numbers have been.