Where is this myth that Sweden is doing better even coming from? It's completely false. Not only is the infection and death rate higher than in comparable countries, the economy is suffering just as much.
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/ki-sanker-bnp-prognos-ytterligare
Some parts of the article using Google translator:
"The rapidly changing situation has led the National Institute of Economic Research to make a completely new forecast of the economic situation, just weeks after the earlier forecast. The situation is now significantly different. Instead of a GDP loss of around 3 percent, the government sees a 7 percent decline for the entire year.
It also looks bleak for unemployment. It is expected to be 11 percent next year. And that is thanks to the support measures introduced.
He calls the development we now see a historic loss worse than during the financial crisis. This is the biggest decline in a single year since the 50s.
He says that the development has been extremely fast and the negative effects are hitting the Swedish and global economy harder than predicted just a few weeks ago.
Unemployment is expected to rise to 11.0 per cent next year from a previous forecast of 8.9 per cent. For this year, the figure is revised up from 8.7 to 10.2 percent.
In an even worse scenario, Swedish GDP collapses by 10 percent this year and unemployment rises to about 12 percent this year and 14 percent next year."
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