Of the countries that I have looked at, Sweden is perhaps the most interesting, as the figures tracked closely together until the beginning of 2021, and then diverged rapidly over the next few months.
Of the countries that I have looked at, Sweden is perhaps the most interesting, as the figures tracked closely together until the beginning of 2021, and then diverged rapidly over the next few months.
Even so, it saw much higher mortality rates than its neighbours.
Did they?
https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1596815870676041729
Actual studies of the COVID death rate in the Nordics all show Sweden having a much worse mortality rate.
[0] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14034948211047...
[1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/140349482098026...
[2] https://jogh.org/2022/jogh-12-05017
[3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113834/cumulative-coron...
Another significant factor was the complete elimination of flu as a byproduct of COVID countermeasures (zero recorded flu cases or deaths for about a year). Flu came back in from overseas (with a vengeance) when the restrictions lifted.