Though all is not as it seems.There was a letter in the MJA about 6 weeks ago from 2 Australian intensivists who worked in Swedish ICUs throughout 2020.They reported that the Swedish public followed general principles of social distancing,mask wearing and hand washing as well as those in lockdown cities.The measurement of mobility in Stockholm supported this feeling being much the same as European cities that were locked down.
The probable reason the figures are so different between Norway and Denmark V Sweden is that the former countries firmly closed their borders to all outsiders very early on.Sweden though continued to let people from all EU countries plus the UK come in.
When you compare Sweden to countries that did lock down and allow the same countries free admission such as Belgium,Holland,Spain and Italy there figures are comparable.
Sweden had the highest number of cases per 1 million population but only Holland had a lower death rate per million population.
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