Sweden refused to lock down during the pandemic. How is the country faring now
“Journalist Mallory Pickett, who recently wrote “Sweden's Pandemic Experiment” in the New Yorker, says the country's coronavirus response was led by top epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, who didn't agree with the idea of a lockdown.
“He and his colleagues really felt that from a public health perspective that the lockdowns didn't make sense. If they closed down the schools, then they would lose a huge amount of their health care workforce because they would be at home taking care of their kids,” she says.
Instead, the country's strategy surrounded physical distancing, limiting large gatherings, and staying home while you're sick.”
3% contraction in the Swedish economy huh?
So tell me...by how much did the British and the American economies contract March to March? Vastly worse than a mere 3%. Every way you look at it,Sweden did VASTLY better than the US. And with no compulsory lockdowns.
Well, I linked to the actual law being passed, and here’s another link to statements from the prime minister of Sweden as restrictions were tightened in February after that law was passed: https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-facing-its-first-lockdown-as-covid-19-restrictions-tightened-2021-2
Sounds like the New Yorker did some crap “journalism”. This is my surprised face.
As for their economic performance, I explicitly said that much of Europe did worse. My point was that Sweden wasn’t spared an economic contraction. In fact, Sweden’s economic contraction in 2020 was the same as that of Finland and Denmark (3-3.5%). Norway actually did better than all of them with just a 1% economic contraction. https://www.bbc.com/news/55949640