@Ingrid_Helander, the "science editor" for one of Sweden's leading newspapers, @SvD apparently "liked" a tweet calling New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adhern, "hysterical" (and not as in funny)
Well, Ingrid, here's how Sweden and New Zealand currently stand on various covid-19 metrics.
Total confirmed infections.
Total confirmed deaths.
Total fully vaccinated
Cumulative excess mortality
2021 estimated GDP growth (statistictimes.com)New Zealand even lossN
New Zealand kids even lost less school time than Swedish kids... Which Swede's consider more important than just about anything. (Certainly more important than stopping them getting chronically ill or their parents or grandparents dying...)
And the real kicker... for the vast majority of the pandemic, including right now, "hysterical" New Zealand has had much fewer restrictions than Sweden - and those restrictions have generally been very geographically limited, (eg just Auckland)
In the past 7 days, Sweden is reporting over 37000 new cases per day.
New Zealand... less than 15.
Maybe Sweden could learn a thing or two from New Zealand?
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