There's also this to chew on (especially for our Aussie friends...

There's also this to chew on (especially for our Aussie friends under lockdown):

Daily New Deaths in Sweden

Novel Coronavirus Daily DeathsDaily DeathsDeaths per DayData as of 0:00 GMT+8Feb 15, 2020Sep 18, 2020Apr 22, 2021Mar 13, 2020Apr 09, 2020May 06, 2020Jun 02, 2020Jun 29, 2020Jul 26, 2020Aug 22, 2020Oct 15, 2020Nov 11, 2020Dec 08, 2020Jan 04, 2021Jan 31, 2021Feb 27, 2021Mar 26, 2021May 19, 2021Jun 15, 2021Jul 12, 2021Aug 08, 2021050100150Daily Deaths3-day moving average7-day moving average

See also: Daily Cases Graph

Hmmm.... possibly leaky vaccines in the middle of a pandemic with lockdowns, distancing, child masks, etc...not the answer? Who knows...yet. But if this continues at this low rate vis a vis the rest of the world, it would vindicate the "herd immunity" (quite a bit of a misnomer, but a useful cudgel for those with propagandist view of reality) strategy of Sweden...or it would at least to empirically inclined as opposed to those primarily interested in virtue signaling.