In what way did they fail, though?

Half of all covid deaths were in nursing homes, or something

But this is exactly what you'd expect given who was actually vulnerable to covid, as well as their unusually good previous few years for flu. Aus at one point had 3/4 being in/from nursing homes. That's who the disease is dangerous to, of course that's where the deaths are, even for places locking everything down.

Also, because they were unique in doing a 'focused protection' and really only doing lockdown stuff for nursing homes (but for relatively brief other stuff) expect to see everyone else's media slamming them for not going full lockdown as hard as they all did. A search for 'sweden' 'covid' 'elderly' 'or whatever is just going to get you slop propaganda criticising them for not locking down harder

Unless you support the lockdowns, in no way did they have a 'failure'

In what way did they fail, though?

Half of all covid deaths were in nursing homes, or something

But this is exactly what you'd expect given who was actually vulnerable to covid, as well as their unusually good previous few years for flu. Aus at one point had 3/4 being in/from nursing homes. That's who the disease is dangerous too, off course that's where the deaths are, even for places locking everything down.

Also, because they were unique in doing a 'focused protection' and really only doing lockdown stuff for nursing homes (but for relatively brief other stuff) expect to see everyone else's media slamming them for not going full lockdown as hard as they all did. A search for 'sweden' 'covid' 'elderly' 'or whatever is just going to get you slop propaganda criticising them for not locking down harder

Unless you support the lockdowns, in no way did they have a 'failure'