As Scotland takes off the face masks, James Cook asks how the country has done tackling Covid.
Which approach was best? That is a difficult question to answer.
However, if we examine all deaths over and above the pre-pandemic average - such as those linked to cancer, heart disease and dementia - and not just those directly attributed to Covid, then Scotland is the UK's worst performer, with 230 excess deaths per 100,000. with its public health chief Anders Tegnell refusing to impose the type of lockdowns being deployed elsewhereThat decision remains hotly debated, and Stockholm's Covid policies have since changed several times, but Sweden currently emergesin better shape than the UK with 133 excess deaths per 100,000.
On the other hand, many other countries have seen far higher levels of death than the UK. The United States, for example, has an estimated 342 deaths per 100,000. Countries demonstrating low excess mortality were more likely to be wealthier with adequately-funded healthcare systems and a high number of medical beds per capita, Prof Kapitsinis told BBC News.
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