There’s going to be some significant error in estimating excess deaths, especially for developing countries.
Because of the exponential spread of the virus, if people lock down ~4 days earlier they’ll end up with half as many deaths. (In reality lock downs aren’t all-or-none, etc). So big absolute differences in number of deaths do not imply big differences in policy or culture between the UK and Sweden.
There’s going to be some significant error in estimating excess deaths, especially for developing countries.
Because of the exponential spread of the virus, if people lock down ~4 days earlier they’ll end up with half as many deaths. (In reality lock downs aren’t all-or-none, etc). So big absolute differences in number of deaths do not imply big differences in policy or culture between the UK and Sweden.