The idea of Sweden has no connection at all to the topic at hand. You are using the word "Sweden" to make an argument because you believe the connection between Sweden and conversations about lockdowns is so clear that the mere mention of the word is enough to bring the entire argument into someone else's mind.
So, this demonstrates that you believe everybody reading this comment knows what you mean. Which in turn means you know your comment is adding nothing at all to the conversation.
To belabor the point, if the connection between Sweden and lockdowns was an entirely convincing argument then everybody reading your comment would already agree with you, and there would be no reason for you to remind people of the connection with this comment. Since that doesn't appear to be true, you believe your peers need to be reminded of this argument, some elaboration on your part seems to be in order!
Hacker News is a lovely community where you can learn from a large variety of people, each knowledgeable in their own particular domain. The more thoughtful and substantial we make our comments, the nicer a place it becomes for everybody else.
That's not a fair comparison. Most covid deaths are from those already past the average life expectancy. There's a very good chance they were going to die soon anyways. Not to mention you have to account for cancer patient + covid, etc.
It's completely fair. There's always a cause of death, and averages aren't indicative of individual cases. If an old person gets shot by a gun tomorrow, we don't chalk that up as "well, they had their time."
I specifically said "death rate" and "per capita".
Your source here is comparing two countries, one of which has 67 million people and the other which has 10 million and showing totals and not per capita, which is a worthless comparison.
Additionally, I don't consider Great Britain a neighbor of Sweden.
