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And your comment shows a disdain for the elderly that is very much reflected in the treatment of the elderly in Sweden overall.

We put our elders in nursery home and visit them once a year if lucky. I think that is why the response is regarded as a success in Sweden. Older people dying is just a relief.

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There are 2 kinds of people/governments during a pandemic: Those with okay parents, and those who need that inheritance/medical savings

On a serious note, were Sweden's larger deaths early on in the pandemic when the government could be given a pass thinking COVID would be more easily controlled than it was? Or was it a long slow crawl? It's not like it would be easy to move thousands of elderly out of nursing homes to control things anyway. Nursing homes are not anywhere close to isolation wards so it might have been inevitable outcome.

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