Sweden: higher Covid-19 death rate while failing to collect on economic gains
As a Swede that did not agree with the strategy at the time (it was hugely risky), given what we know now, I&#x27;m starting to think it was the right decisions (for the wrong reasons). The reason the economy is in trouble has more to do with that the rest of the word shut down, it being a highly export dependent economy. Sweden did not shut down, practically nobody wears a mask (still), social distancing is minimal (crammed subways, buses and beaches), schools have remained open, yet there has not been a single death in the worst hit area of Stockholm for the past 5 days. Again, I think given the uncertainty and lack of evidence in March, not shutting down was an extremely stupid risk, and Tegnell and crew have shown to been wrong at practically every turn, but at this point you have to look at the evidence and reassess. It would seem Stockholm has reached the point of significant herd immunity, which is probably true for other hard hit areas like NYC. Less hit areas will probably have second waves, and unless a vaccine is here soon, my guess is most of the world will go through the same thing eventually.