You're basing your entire view on a country by reading a few articles about one or two people's opinions on sites that aren't even Swedish while sitting in India, news nowadays has a tendency to exaggerate any situation and make it appear worse than it already is.
It's almost like those sources are conditioning their local readership (US, British and NZ) to accept restrictions imposed upon them already as of now.
The problem is the so called experts have been so inconsistent over the past 6 months that, they've lost all credibility. They are still struggling to explain themselves after all these mandates and there's still no conclusive evidence masks actually help in reducing infections.