[nhebb]

I don't understand why Sweden is being held up as a paragon. Their death rate is currently 9th worst worldwide and over 2x that of the United States':

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105914/coronavirus-deat...

Edit: Both are good replies. Thank you.

[username90]

Sweden stopped testing people who don't get hospitalized about 3 weeks ago. Before that their death rate was extremely low, on par with Germany.

> However, that strategy has now changed. Authorities have shifted their focus away from testing all possible cases, and instead on protecting the most vulnerable groups. People with severe respiratory symptoms or who belong to a risk group will still be tested.

https://www.thelocal.se/20200320/fact-check-has-sweden-stopp...

[hocuspocus]

Death rate is high in Sweden because the number of confirmed cases is wildly underreported.

Comparing the death rate between countries is pointless at this stage, given the inconsistencies in reporting and the fairly long period between symptoms onset and death.