alt Hacker News> Compare the death rates of Sweden
As a New Zealander, I like to chuck out our achievement of a negative death rate. Covid lockdowns resulted in less New Zealanders dying than usual.
But, like elsewhere, economic and social harm were both high.
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ninalanyon • yesterday at 7:08 PM
> negative death rate.
Norway had that too; without lockdown. Curfews would require a change in the constitution and the last time they happened was during WWII which makes them doubly unpopular.
You had 6 weeks of staying at home, and then quarantines for international travellers after that. In return, you had no COVID-19 at all for several years. Seems a fair trade.