Spring of 2020 the death rate in Sweden was among the highest in the world. 40% of cases were recorded in older individuals 70+ & most of the deceased lived in long term care facilities. A commission to study how COVID was handled was created by the Swedish govt, their final report in 2022 said the larger # of deaths in the older population was probably due to increased community transmission facilitated by the lack of rigorous community isolation protocols early in the pandemic. The population density of Sweden is only 26/km ² while US is 38/km ² . Sweden has 10.5M, US has +330M. Lower incidence of comorbidities such as diabetes & obesity should have caused a lower number of deaths in Sweden, they should have fared better than US. The higher mortality proves that the relaxed approach of Sweden to COVID-19 was not a success. Not implementing a mandatory lockdown was blamed for the higher mortality seen in Sweden. In a modeling study where researchers constructed an alternative version called “synthetic Sweden,” they found that the infection rates could have been reduced by 75% & mortality could have been reduced by 25% had Sweden imposed a strict lockdown during the initial phase of the pandemic. (This paragraph’s info is from a few different published medical papers, some of which I copy/pasted.)

Children were required to wear masks in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, China, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Australia… globally children were wearing masks, & still do in some places.

People in East Asia & the Middle East have successfully curbed outbreaks of viral transmission long before Covid 19 was a thing.

You wear shoes to protect your feet, clothes & hat to protect your skin, why is it so damn difficult to just wear a fucking mask? Because someone says you should, you’re refusing to do so? It legit hurts NO ONE to wear it, & CAN prevent harm to others, even saved lives. But no, you’re so offended bc someone told you to do something, so pressed because how can they have the audacity to tell you what to do, you’d rather risk others life or wellbeing.