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People on average gained 10 kg? Really, I have no idea where you get this nonsense but clearly you are not interested in a factual debate but in one that gives you what you want: the ability to ignore this pandemic as though it doesn't exit.
There are no ICU beds for the gerontocracy, there are simply ICU beds, and there is a limited number of them, they will have a COVID patient in them or someone else, and in case of surplus they might be free.
The medical authorities and the politicians should not be confused.
Sure, if you just compare it to Norway and Finland, it is very true that Sweden has worse values, more than 3 times as many dead at minimum. But the answer if it was the correct or wrong choice will be answered after the current seasonal outbreak or in a few years.
edit: Just looked it up again, Spain and Sweden are currently leading with Kosovo for having the lowest case incidence in Europe. Gibraltar has the highest and everyone is vaccinated there. I remember the articles about Gibraltar being the first immune country. They now have cancelled many official events.
More like 6 (Finland) and ~10? (Norway), by my calculations.
The Community of Madrid is the succession tax haven of the country, so loads of people go live there their last years so their families aren't taxed on the inherited wealth.
Combine with the regional government short of condemning to death the elderly in nursing homes by refusing to hospitalize them[0], but I guess it's fine since they forgave themselves [1].
Add to the mix that the healthcare access hasn't kept up to handle what Madrid brought to itself, and then you obtain these numbers [2].
TL;DR: during the first wave, while most regions had peak excess deaths of 10-50%, Madrid had 200%, at the same time as being one of the most populous. In the rest of the periods, Madrid has been usually at the lead as well.
With Madrid removed the numbers are in line with Germany and Sweden.
[0] https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2020-06-08/la-comunidad-de-...
[1] https://www.lahoradigital.com/noticia/32918/madrid/la-invest...
[2] https://www.isciii.es/QueHacemos/Servicios/VigilanciaSaludPu...
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2021/03/one-year-pan...
"APA’s survey of U.S. adults, conducted in late February 2021 by The Harris Poll, shows that a majority of adults (61%) experienced undesired weight changes (weight gain or loss) since the pandemic started, with 42% reporting they gained more weight than they intended. Of those, they gained an average of 29 pounds (the median amount gained was 15 pounds) and 10% said they gained more than 50 pounds, the poll found."
61 percent could have gone either up or down, and 42% said they gained more weight than they intended, of those that gained some gained more than 10 kg, and a smaller fraction gained more than 50 pounds.
So, what does this say:
(1) that people should adapt their eating habits to their needs
(2) that it is possible to lose weight and to gain weight unintended (which is something that isn't really news, see also: weight watchers and the whole weight loss industry)
(3) that the study did not correct for what would have been the result of the poll had COVID not happen
(4) that the word 'lockdown' that you ascribe to the cause does not appear in the article text, but the word 'stress' does
and finally
(5) that you link to this article because you think it supports your statement above when in fact that really isn't the case.