| Comment | Sweden's isn't a herd immunity strategy at all - they are effectively trying to socially distance almost as much as we are, it's just that they aren't legally enforcing it. They have the same furloughing measures that we do.
Also, it remains to be seen how successful that will be - the evidence is that there may be a big difference in public response between Stockholm and other parts of the country. If they've got it right, fantastic, but under uncertainty and the absence of knowledge of how the R0 varies with distancing measures, the precautionary principle should definitely apply.
It also looks as though, like us, they might be heading for a huge death rate in care homes, as well as areas with lower incomes and higher housing density. |
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