Greg Ip says encouraging early mask wearing might have helped nuance lockdowns and other strategies more selectively, early in the "game." That said, per that WSJ link, we need to be careful about thinking that Sweden's numbers showed that herd immunity worked. Rather, Swedes may may have heard enough in the news about how bad things were in their country and started masking up, started having businesses require masks, etc. And, Ip's info from JP Morgan claiming Sweden's economy suffered less than its Nordic neighbors? Business Insider says that's simply untrue. And, his claims about youth dying less from COVID than from the flu may or may not be true, but its implications of overall COVID youth severity are also untrue. Ip isn't alone in misstating claims about kids at his paper, though. Others at the Murdoch Journal claim the same.
The header may be a bit harsh, but I don't think so.
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