Sweden Hasn’t ‘Failed Its People,’ It Has Protected Their Rights

by Thomas Walker-Werth

In response to my article “Life in No-Lockdown Sweden,” some people argued that the Swedish government’s approach to COVID-19 has caused an unnecessary number of deaths and that the Swedish government has, as one commenter put it, “failed its people.”

Comparing the “COVID-19 death rate” in Sweden to that in other countries carries with it all manner of p…