“Like Watching a Horror Movie”: Sweden’s Liberal Approach to Coronavirus Under Fire

Sweden has not imposed the kind of draconian lockdown measures enacted by other European countries.

People are still allowed to gather in crowds of up to 50, as well as visit bars, nightclubs and cinemas. Borders and schools remain open. Although more people are working from home, life is pretty much as normal.

“We who are adults need to be exactly that: adults. Not spread panic or rumors,” Prime Minister Stefan Löfven told Swedes in a recent televised address.

The goal is to slowly infect the population with coronavirus in order to create “herd immunity,” an approach that has been called dangerous by health authorities in other major countries and health experts within Sweden itself.

This open attitude has caused consternation in neighboring countries like Denmark, which already closed its border with Sweden to stop the export of terrorists and criminals and may now have to do so longer term to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

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“Like Watching a Horror Movie”: Sweden’s Liberal Approach to Coronavirus Under Fire