Dutch vaccines superior to Swedish ones

Overal worden "the Nordics" opgehemeld omdat Covid daar zo goed zou zijn gemanaged, Zweden voorop. Zweden wordt zelfs als bewijs aangedragen dat oversterfte niet door vaccineren kan worden veroorzaakt want in Zweden is flink gevaccineerd en het vertoont misschien wel wat oversterfte maar niet zoveel als de rest. Nou maar wij hebben ook iets om trots op te zijn: véél betere vaccins!

By the way, there is also something to be said for the much-vaunted Sweden. In this substack this is explained. If you skip the part where, for example, the home country of Pfizer/BioNTech hides the market share per vaccine producer, or where a number of countries have given more injections than they have received doses, or where Cyprus now denies in their data that they have injected children while they were banging the drum about it at the time - if you skip all that you get to the heading Sweden's excess mortality is not 'unusually low' Other 'all cause mortality' analyzes also show that, depending on which statistical treatment you choose, Sweden either fared exceptionally well or was less affected than others, ie showed less excess mortality after the vaccinations. You would actually expect a significant undermortality, after the Swedish peaks in 2020.

Scandinavia has certainly done well in that respect, with Sweden leading the way. But wait a minute: we actually mean the northern countries of Norway, Sweden and Finland. It may not be fair to those more northerly countries, often surrounded by sea, with different temperature and humidity levels, different building regulations (ventilation) etc. in terms of excess mortality, it is bluntly comparable to other parts of Western Europe.

In any case, moderate post-vaccination excess mortality in Sweden is cited as evidence that the vaccinations cannot be responsible for the residual European and American excess mortality. The underlying mechanism is not clear. This divergent Swedish pattern is nowhere explained. We just did badly in the world, compared to Sweden.

Sweden vs neighbouring countries

For those who do not have the topology clear: the neighboring countries are Norway and Finland. Below two graphs, the four waves clearly visible. The first two are from before vaccinations. Vaccinations started just after the second peak was reached.

In both graphs you can see the dramatic light blue Swedish pre-vax peaks, while those in the neighboring country are missing.

Let's zoom in on those two 'Swedish neighbors'. It sure seems like a mirror image of what we experienced in the Netherlands. What has been going on with those vaccines in those Northern regions? They did not work against Covid at all, on the contrary!

Orange can be proud of superior vaccines!

Is there nothing positive to report? Yes, our vaccines were of a different category. They worked much better against Covid than the Swedish, just look: after the first booster you see the corona mortality disappear in our red line, unlike the Swedes, who keep going with their waves! Our vaccines just worked much, much better.

But as said, we cannot simply compare the 'Wonder of Sweden' with the results of our little polder country.

Als we uit de vergelijking tussen Zweden en de rest van Europa mogen opmaken dat de vaccinaties niets met de oversterfte maken hebben, dan is hiermee ook bewezen dat wij in Nederland véél betere vaccins hebben gekregen dan de noordelijke landen. Of misschien hebben ze daar slecht gekoelde transportmiddelen ("Het is hier toch altijd kkkoud"), of misschien worden ze beleverd vanuit een andere fabriek of overslagcentrum? Ja je weet het niet. Van het ene land weet je dit niet, van het andere dat niet en data zijn doorgaans een rommeltje, als er al niet mee is geklust. Cruciale dingen kom je sowieso niet te weten.

But what is clear: if they had also received our quality vaccines in Northern Europe, their graphs would have looked very different!

If you don't want to assume that, you should also have your doubts about the Swedish graphs that prove that the vaccines have nothing to do with excess mortality. It is a single country that differs in several respects, not least from neighbouring countries.

What about Denmark?

Denmark is also often mentioned for exemplary mortality rates. In terms of location, it can be characterized as a 'European country' rather than as a counterpart of Sweden. The looser guidelines in Sweden resulted in more corona deaths, especially during the first wave and relatively slightly less in the second. But then again more in the fourth...? Then they were just as vaccinated as Denmark, right?

We still understand far too little to be able to use that country as a reference. In total excess mortality (at least according to the OWID standard) they do not differ so much from each other. This is due to the overtaking manoeuvre that Finland and Norway started in May 2021. Just in a straight line upwards, nothing wave movements, unhindered by low Omikron mortality in 2022.