The New York Times' Predictable Response to the Pandemic

The New York Times reported in 2020 that Sweden has become the world's cautionary tale for its COVID response. At the times, a chorus of media outlets and President Donald Trump alleged Sweden had botched the pandemic and amplified the virus. Now they've just had to scale back the lie from Sweden is the worst place in the world because of response to the pandemic to Sweden is just average,. even though by that graph Sweden is the best.