Even though Sweden has not subjected their population to a tyrannical lockdown, that Nordic country has experienced fewer Covid-19 deaths as a percentage of its population than many other countries.
As of today, April 27th, Sweden has experienced 225 deaths per million of population. How does that compare with other countries?
Here are seven countries where the body-count percentage is even higher:
Spain: 503 per million
Italy: 446 per million
France: 350 per million
UK: 305 per million
Belgium: 622 per million
Brazil: 298 per million
Netherlands: 264 per million
Three other countries appear to be climbing toward that status:
Ireland: 220 per million
Switzerland: 189 per million
USA: 169 deaths per million.
So what is the point of the lockdown? We were told that it would “flatten the curve.” Slow it down, in other words. But I don’t recall anyone saying that it would reduce the eventual number of deaths.
Yes, it gave healthcare systems a chance to gear up, but the way I see it, if it doesn’t reduce the number of deaths, then continuing the lockdown will merely spread the misery and human suffering over a longer period of time and destroy the livelihood – and lives – of millions upon millions of otherwise healthy and undeserving victims.
Source of numbers:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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