Sweden’s Unique Approach to Battling COVID-19 Is Preserving Economic Freedom

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Sweden’s Unique Approach to Battling COVID-19 Is Preserving Economic Freedom

Anthony B. Kim, Terry Miller   |   April 21, 2020

In stark contrast to most other developed countries dealing with the coronavirus, Sweden has adopted what are perhaps the least restrictive “social distancing” rules in the world, permitting most economic activity to continue in the face of the pandemic.

The ongoing Swedish policy experiment of so-called “herd immunity” is quite unique. Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s chief epidemiologist and architect of the policy, explained that his country’s approach to COVID-19 is “to let the virus spread as slow as possible, while sheltering the elderly and the vulnerable until much of the population becomes naturally immune or a vaccine becomes available.”

It’s premature to judge whether Sweden’s laissez-faire approach will have benign or catastrophic health results. So far, its death rate from the disease is far lower than countries such as Italy or Spain, but higher than in neighboring Norway or Denmark.  .  .  .

https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/21/swedens-unique-approach-to-battling-covid-19-is-preserving-economic-freedom/



What a novel concept.  Society members freely deciding among themselves what actions to take to protect their society instead of state government figures issuing edicts that violate their state constitutions.