Scottish COVID Lockdowns Vs. Swedish Individual Freedom — Who Won?

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Scottish Lockdowns Vs. Swedish Freedom — Who Won?
by Dr. Joseph Mercola
November 18, 2021

Whether or not lockdowns and other restrictive measures worked to reduce COVID-19 deaths is a topic of great debate, one that was recently explored by CAN Films. In a short documentary, they explore pandemic outcomes in Scotland, which began requiring vaccine passports October 1, 2021, with those of Sweden, which rejected forced lockdowns in favor of voluntary measures.

The numbers, they said, speak for themselves. “With half the population of Sweden, Scotland scored a higher excess death rate for 2020, having imposed all the draconian rules we’d had in England and even more. Now, they were the first in the U.K. to introduce vaccine passports.”1

Differences Between Scotland and Sweden’s Pandemic Responses
CAN Films spoke with several people in Scotland, who believed their government’s approach to the pandemic was sound — although they weren’t aware of how Sweden had handled things, or the outcomes.

Summary
• In a short documentary, CAN Films explored pandemic outcomes in Scotland, which began requiring vaccine passports October 1, 2021, with those of Sweden, which rejected forced lockdowns in favor of voluntary measures

• With half the population of Sweden, Scotland scored a higher excess death rate for 2020, with much more restrictive pandemic responses

• Sweden fared better than Scotland on many pandemic outcome measures, including excess deaths, weight gain, alcohol-related deaths, inflation and economic viability

• Sweden did not mandate face masks at any point during the pandemic and, in July 2021, also dropped their “vague recommendation” to wear one at all

• Scotland implemented a vaccine passport requirement October 1, 2021; backlash from hospitality and other groups has ensued

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