The first image people are greeted with in the article says everything needed about the editorial nature of the article. It is:
It is taken of the area which has one of the lowest covid-19 death rates. Compared to its nearby city in Denmark it even has a significant lower rate of deaths.
It is taken over the wrong time period. Both nationally and locally in that area, the death rate is going down. The image is from a few weeks ago during the warm weather when the rate was almost the lowest point of the whole measure period of the pandemic. The trend in that region is still downwards.
It is the wrong demographic when talking about death counts. In Sweden the wast majority that died occurred in elderly care homes in low social economical areas, not young people on the beach located near expensive and hip restaurants in the second highest social economic area.
But it makes for a great narrative tool, which illustrates the editorial values of NYT.
It is taken of the area which has one of the lowest covid-19 death rates. Compared to its nearby city in Denmark it even has a significant lower rate of deaths.
It is taken over the wrong time period. Both nationally and locally in that area, the death rate is going down. The image is from a few weeks ago during the warm weather when the rate was almost the lowest point of the whole measure period of the pandemic. The trend in that region is still downwards.
It is the wrong demographic when talking about death counts. In Sweden the wast majority that died occurred in elderly care homes in low social economical areas, not young people on the beach located near expensive and hip restaurants in the second highest social economic area.
But it makes for a great narrative tool, which illustrates the editorial values of NYT.