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When this is done and everyone is vaccinated, Sweden will have at least 5x the number of deaths per capita of their neighbors in the west and southwest. And the people of Sweden will still have strong support for their authorities' decisive response to the epidemic. My prediction.

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How would this be possible? Do you believe that less than 50% of the population will get it outside of sweden? The lockdown cannot continue for a long time. The lockdown is just pushing the time frame by a few weeks. In the end the same percentage of the population will get it everywhere. Locking down is a short term solution to stall the contagion while the health system gears up to deal with it.

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