You do realize the spanish flu is still around and found in wastewater samples too? According to your metrics, we should still be worried about the spanish flu...
Did you check that Sweden (as an example) had no mask mandate and no vaccinations, and came off better than many nations?
No, Sweden deciding to euthanasia its elderly did not pay off. Try harder.
Fair enough, but you just shot down your own argument. The disadvantage of Sweden's strategy was the elderly. For adults and younger people, the difference was negligible or even better than most other European countries. I'm willing to bet that you are in the elderly category and also that PyCon 24 didn't have many elderly people joining. Sorry man!