Originally posted by: PJ Stroh
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53498133
Pretty good article that sums up the grade Sweden gets for its response. There economy did suffer less than its neighbors...but their death rate was much higher too (about the same as ours). But their hospitals were not overwhelmed like ours have been (and still are)
My take on it is this: Sweden largely made it voluntary for their population to follow guidelines for protection, social distancing...and their population overwhelmingly complied. BY contrast we did the same thing but our population in large part did not comply. And the non-compliance was led by our President and the propoganda networks that put his message out.
So the lesson is - we could be in the same place now with the virus with a much better economy. It just required better leadership that did not undermine science.
From what I've read, only 20% of Sweds have been wearing masks during social interactions.
