I did - you can too if you like facts.
Cool, this isn’t a good study. It only compares 10 countries with no link of commonality - it admits it in the article:
However, the researchers also acknowledged that the study had limitations, and noted that "cross-country comparisons are difficult," since nations may have different rules, cultures, and relationships between their government and citizenry.
a much more effective study would compare more countries and those that are similar. Particularly South Korea - which has A TON of culture aspects that make government intervention less needed is sort of a ringer to put in a study that features only two countries on that end, along with Sweden.
furthermore if you want a much easier look to how similar countries handled covid- compare the deaths and infections of Sweden to almost any other Nordic country.
FURTHERMORE: in the article it names and suggests other studies that rebuke this study (and if you actually look at the studies they are much better constructed):
A study published in the journal
Nature by researchers at Imperial College London in June found that some 3.1 million deaths had been averted due to lockdowns across Europe early on in the pandemic.
"This data suggests that without any interventions, such as lockdown and school closures, there could have been many more deaths from COVID-19. The rate of transmission has declined from high levels to ones under control in all European countries we study," Dr. Samir Bhatt, an author of the study from Imperial College London said in June,
according to the university.
FURTHERMORE: in the very same article they mention that SOUTH KOREA HAD EARLY LOCKDOWNS
A second study published alongside that report in
Nature, and led by scientists in the United States, found that 530 million coronavirus infections had been avoided due to early lockdowns in China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, France and the United States, according to the news ou