The Covid-19 "China Virus" has ravaged the entire globe for two years. But various civilizations have responded very differently. It would be appropriate to take a closer, comparative look at what policies gave better results.
Sweden stood out from most of the 'western world' for its immediate rollout of a NON-LOCKDOWN policy. The epidemiologists of Sweden made an early determination that only the elderly and other frail citizens were in serious danger. Everyone else was going to catch this latest cold (yes, the common cold is a coronavirus).
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The US has had much faster spread of reported covid cases, 25% higher than Sweden.
The US fatality rate is 30% higher than Sweden. Public cooperation is voluntary in Sweden, but compliance is 11% higher than the U.S., for shots and other strategies. |
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