"Preliminary data from EU statistics agency Eurostat compiled by Reuters showed Sweden had 7.7% more deaths in 2020 than its average for the preceding four years. Countries that opted for several periods of strict lockdowns, such as Spain and Belgium, had so-called excess mortality of 18.1% and 16.2% respectively.
Twenty-one of the 30 countries with available statistics had higher excess mortality than Sweden. However, Sweden did much worse than its Nordic neighbours, with Denmark registering just 1.5% excess mortality and Finland 1.0%. Norway had no excess mortality at all in 2020. Despite Finland and Norway having less restrictive COVID policies than Sweden!!!
"Some believed that it was possible to eliminate disease transmission by shutting down society. We did not believe that and we have been proven right." - Johan Carlson, Director, Public Health Agency of Sweden @CarlsonJFoHM@Folkhalsomyndhttps://t.co/GEQH8YpP1N — Martin Kulldorff (@MartinKulldorff) March 26, 2021