Sweden’s No Lock Down Policy

Sweden’s No Lock Down Policy

 

Most everyone is familiar with Sweden’s liberal approach to the pandemic. The Swedes are aware of social distancing but have minimized restrictions on freedom of movement. Sweden’s chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell feels that this relaxed approach is the right way.

So what are the numbers as of April 20, 2020? Let’s look.

Country

Number Infected

Number Deaths

Sweden

14,777

1,580

Denmark

7,575

364

Norway

7,156

181

Finland

3,868

98

Iceland

1773

10

 

If you look at the graph, you can see that Sweden strays significantly in the number of deaths from the other Scandinavian countries. These neighboring countries which practice social distancing have a death rate  75% less than that of Sweden. No matter what Newt Gingrich and the Fox News pundits tell you, STAY HOME!