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Ron DeSantis: “Sweden ended up having the lowest excess mortality of any…”

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But this is kind of like, remember during COVID Sweden was open. A lot of Europe was closed. Everyone said Sweden was going to be such a disaster. Oh, it's so bad. They Sweden ended up having the lowest excess mortality of any country in Europe during the course of the pandemic. And so, you know, you have these AB tests and you can kind of see how things shake out. Governor, question about Tristan Murphy act goes into law October 1st and has to do with what you're talking about here. (50:34–50:41)

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Asserts that Sweden had the lowest excess mortality in Europe during the pandemic.

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