Comment by lesuorac
12 hours ago
> There are a few countries that didn't do that (Sweden comes to mind) and they ended up not having a much worse outcome than anyone else.
I have no doubt Sweden did better than say sub-saharan africa. But it seems to me that only their neighbors are good comparison and they did worse than all of them.
Norway 1,050 deaths / million
Denmark 1,696 deaths / million
Finland 2,058 deaths / million
Sweden 2,812 deaths / million
> The government turned tyrannical re: vaccines and mandates, did the guns help?
I mean, the federal government had no mandate. So like were Floridians going to shoot up DeSantis because he didn't make a mandate? Or shoot up the other guy they elected, Trump (Biden not president until Jan 2021).
And then you don't really expect New Yorkers who elected Coumo to then shoot him up either?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_death_rates_...
> I mean, the federal government had no mandate. So like were Floridians going to shoot up DeSantis because he didn't make a mandate? Or shoot up the other guy they elected, Trump (Biden not president until Jan 2021). > > And then you don't really expect New Yorkers who elected Coumo to then shoot him up either?
Well, if you are asking for my opinion, the gun stuff in the US is so stupid it could be considered a mental illness. I don't disagree with your points at all
Re: Sweden - according to the article you listed, Sweden is on par with the rest of Europe, worse than other Scandinavian countries, and much better than the Balkans.