While that is done, it is "only" for issues that are domestically volatile (race & crime, migration & crime, cost of non-european migration, practical concrete effects of feminist/LGBWTFBBQ+ doctrine, et cetera); Covid and vaccines aren't one of those.
That pride you allude to is true, but the leaders would simply lie outright instead. A lie reported as truth and later revealed would have zero effect on the message, as long as state media supports the lie. Committing actual fraud re: data collection would be actionable and a career-ending move.
Could Sweden be cheating with its stats? They have been massaging and hiding various stats since about 2005.
While that is done, it is "only" for issues that are domestically volatile (race & crime, migration & crime, cost of non-european migration, practical concrete effects of feminist/LGBWTFBBQ+ doctrine, et cetera); Covid and vaccines aren't one of those.
How do you know? If they are willing to cheat in one area... etc.
These stats give them a reason to feel proud about Sweden being "right" and 'better" which they seem to crave.
That pride you allude to is true, but the leaders would simply lie outright instead. A lie reported as truth and later revealed would have zero effect on the message, as long as state media supports the lie. Committing actual fraud re: data collection would be actionable and a career-ending move.