Sweden’s daily COVID deaths near-zero

After months of condemnation for no lockdown, Sweden’s COVID deaths drop to near-zero
Unlike many nations, Sweden never shut down its schools or economy and did not restrict individual freedoms to nearly the degree seen in the United States and much of Europe.

August 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – As heated debate continues over the emergency measures taken around the world to limit the spread of COVID-19, new data suggest Sweden’s oft-derided approach of not locking down may have paid off in the long run.

The country of 10 million people has seen a total of 82,972 infections and 5,766 deaths. Unlike many nations, it never shut down its schools or economy and did not restrict individual freedoms to nearly the degree seen in the United States and much of Europe

Sweden’s leaders faced a steady drumbeat of international condemnation as deaths curved upward from April through June, though the curve flattened in July. Daily deaths fell to the low thirties in mid June, and have been in single digits since July 20.

In April, Swedish epidemiologist Anders Tegnell explained to Nature magazine that Sweden started from the understanding that COVID-19 “is not a disease that can be stopped or eradicated...until a working vaccine is produced,” and that widespread lockdowns would be incompatible with Swedish laws, which “are mostly based on voluntary measures — on individual responsibility.”

“Closedown, lockdown, closing borders — nothing has a historical scientific basis, in my view,” Tegnell said. “We have looked at a number of European Union countries to see whether they have published any analysis of the effects of these measures before they were started, and we saw almost none.”

The Life Site article goes on to explain Sweden had underestimated the vulnerability of the aged, and lost many older citizens in result.  This result somewhat parallels the actions of New York State governor Gov. Andrew Cuomo, when he forced relocation of COVID 19 victims to nursing homes (New York Post).

 Also, respiratory suppressing pain medicines make the user more vulnerable.

Nonetheless, Sweden has not fared worse than other nations, and has not caused dislocation in their society or economy with their response (or lack of it) to COVID 19.  Sweden seems to have demonstrated that the best government response  turns out to be no government response.