Sorry, not sure what point you're trying to make here - the first link, in isolation, doesn't tell you much.

Taking a look here gives you perhaps a more informative picture:

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Essentially, Sweden are doing worse than other Scandinavian countries. But by the same token, Sweden are not completely, utterly, determinedly f***ing their economy back to the stone age.

There is no indication in these graphs how many of those dying would be dying anyway. Better then to look at the excess death rates.

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Selecting Sweden in the very last set of graphs (it's probably auto-selected). There have been statistically FEWER deaths in Sweden since week 37 (the 1st week of September).

Let me make this very clear: fewer people are dying in Sweden than are expected to die in Sweden in any given week, since September. Sweden have not locked down their economy.

Why are we destroying our economy? I mean, I get it: the left wing want to shut down and trash as much as possible, so not only can they impose big-state nannying, handouts and UBI, but they hope their Marxist ideals will emerge from the burning wreckage of the economy. I get that. A "great reset". All very Pol Pot. But why is this government going along with this?

Tomorrow we will be informed as to which areas will fall into the different 'Tiers'.

I will be incandescent with rage if my area moves to 'Tier 2' given the latest case numbers which show that the number of cases in my area is less than 100 per 100,000 and that new cases have fallen in the last week.We are informed there are other criteria of course but I will be one thoroughly miserable hombre if we enter 'Tier 2'.

It will be devastating for the hospitality industry , especially Public Houses and devastating for families not being able to meet indoors for a period which could last until Easter at the earliest.
Of course families can meet outdoors in the winter months !

Edited by Willo (26 Nov 2020 12.02am)

Does anyone know if local/county councils get financial assistance if they are in Tier 3? I have friends in Maldon, Essex which is Tier 1 and one of the lowest rates in the UK. However Essex CC want to move them to Tier 3, why?

The Government has been providing additional funding to allow Local Authorities to support businesses in high-alert level areas which are not legally closed, but which are severely impacted by the restrictions on socialising. The funding is based on the number of hospitality, hotel, B&B, and leisure businesses in their area.

Does anyone know if local/county councils get financial assistance if they are in Tier 3? I have friends in Maldon, Essex which is Tier 1 and one of the lowest rates in the UK. However Essex CC want to move them to Tier 3, why?