Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-06-20 12:10:15 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C589FD90BF41D67EA7C282B21D02C690A060E3837F5A66A3AD10FE4E88396F09
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Compared to its neighboring Nordic countries it had a much higher death rate. At one point Sweden had the highest Covid-19 death rate per million people. Furthermore Sweden's chief epidemiologist & other studies all concluded they made mistakes in its response. https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-03-01..latest&facet=none&country=SWE~SGP~NZL~DNK~NOR&pickerSort=desc&pickerMetric=total_cases&hideControls=true&Metric=Confirmed+deaths&Interval=Cumulative&Relative+to+Population=false&Color+by+test+positivity=false https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/architect-of-sweden-coronavirus-strategy-admits-too-many-died-anders-tegnell https://abcnews.go.com/Health/scathing-evaluation-swedens-covid-response-reveals-failures-control/story?id=83644832
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