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That’s what the report I heard called Sweden’s decidedly different response to the Coronavirus. Sweden is banking on a “strategy of building broad immunity while protecting at-risk groups” - for the 80% healthy low risk citizens to become infected and develop resistance and keeping the economy largely going throughout. Some have called it “Russian roulette” and it could end in disaster.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...keeping-swedish-residents-at-home/ar-BB11Spqq
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...keeping-swedish-residents-at-home/ar-BB11Spqq
Coronavirus pandemic not keeping Swedish residents at home
People still sit at outdoor cafes in the centre of Sweden’s capital. Vendors still sell flowers. Teenagers still chat in groups in parks. Some still greet each other with hugs and handshakes.
Swedish authorities have advised the public to practise social distancing and to work from home, if possible, and urged those over age 70 to self-isolate as a precaution.
Yet compared to the lockdowns imposed elsewhere in the world, the government’s response to the virus allows a liberal amount of personal freedom.
High schools and universities are closed, but pre-schools and primary schools are still running classes in person.
For now, the Swedish government maintains that citizens can be trusted to exercise responsibility for the greater good and will stay home if they experience any Covid-19 symptoms.
Sweden’s current chief epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, argued that even if the country’s comparatively permissive policies are an anomaly, they are more sustainable and effective in protecting the public’s health than “drastic” moves like closing schools for four or five months.
We have to combine looking at minimising the health effects of the virus outbreak and the economic impacts of this health crisis," says Andreas Hatzigeorgiou, CEO at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
"The business community here really thinks that the Swedish government and the Swedish approach is more sensible than in many other countries."
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