World coronavirus news – Sweden stayed open while much of Europe was shut. New numbers show the toll.

World coronavirus news – Sweden stayed open while much of Europe was shut. New numbers show the toll.

“It’s not a very flattering comparison for Sweden, which has such a great public health system,” said Andrew Noymer, a demographer at the University of California at Irvine. “There’s no reason Sweden should be doing worse than Norway, Denmark and Finland.” … But the country’s high death toll offers a warning, demographers say. “Sweden will be judged at the finish line,” Mr. Noymer said. “But it’s a very high-stakes risk, and the consequences are people’s lives.”