Comments on: Explaining Swedish exceptionalism in its pandemic response https://theloop.ecpr.eu/explaining-swedish-exceptionalism-in-its-pandemic-response/ ECPR's Political Science Blog Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:32:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Martin Bienlein https://theloop.ecpr.eu/explaining-swedish-exceptionalism-in-its-pandemic-response/#comment-24746 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:32:49 +0000 https://theloop.ecpr.eu/?p=6216#comment-24746 To understand why certain policies are undertaken is interesting. What counts at the end of the day, is how each policy has performed. The Swedish policy is near the Swiss with lots of liberties, but at the end the ountcome is worse, with more deaths so far. Liberal states are not able to protect the lifes of their citizens better than less liberal ones.

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