Re: mask mandate

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024, JAB wrote:

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:52:45 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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As I was trying to point out here:  March 6, 2023

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I cited a later dated article, 17 May 2024, which noted
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"However, mortality patterns varied between countries, with high
excess mortality in Sweden in 2020 relative to the pre-pandemic period
(2010-2019), but low excess mortality in 2021, compared with its
neighbours.10,11"
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Oh, so the Swedes realized this Covid-19 virus could kill them, so
they practiced the government speak:
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"In Sweden, restrictions primarily relied on voluntary measures and
recommendations, alongside limitations on the size of public
gatherings, prohibition of visits to the elderly and the
implementation of distance learning for individuals aged 17 years and
older.21"
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Your not wearing a mask hypothesis failed in 2020: "with high excess
mortality in Sweden in 2020 "
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You stated, "... proving that masks did not make any
difference at all. =)"

Sorry, I should have said mask mandates. A few crazy people here and there religiously wore masks, but very few, and clearly sweden came out on top proving that it was completely useless at the level of a country.
As I said, if you add secondary effects such as mental health problems, increase in substance abuse and financial harm of masks and isolation etc. the winning strategy of sweden (inform, but you decide) wins even more! =)