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Showing Original Post only (View all)Sweden resisted a lockdown, and its capital Stockholm is expected to reach 'herd immunity' in weeks [View all]
Source: CNBC
Unlike its neighbors, Sweden did not impose a lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The strategy aimed at building a broad-base of immunity while protecting at-risk groups like the elderly has proved controversial.
But Swedens chief epidemiologist has said herd immunity could be reached in Stockholm within weeks.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/no-lockdown-in-sweden-but-stockholm-could-see-herd-immunity-in-weeks.html
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Sweden resisted a lockdown, and its capital Stockholm is expected to reach 'herd immunity' in weeks [View all]
hueymahl
Apr 2020
OP
Define "success." - If the definition of success allows for millions of dead, then sure.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#52
they don't even know how long immunity will last, if its even viable with this virus. nt
yaesu
Apr 2020
#8
I can't believe they didn't consult with some of our epidemiologists in the forum
HarlanPepper
Apr 2020
#10
Only because Sweden is already doing exactly what Trump wants to do in the U.S. n/t
OnlinePoker
Apr 2020
#23
Meanwhile, Sweden's fatality rate is 12.06%...only behind the UK, Italy and France in Europe.
LudwigPastorius
Apr 2020
#17
Herd immunity only works when you have ONE form of disease...Not with over 35 mutations.
Ford_Prefect
Apr 2020
#25
This is a highly controversial in Europe and Anders Tegnell is highly controversial himself.
marble falls
Apr 2020
#50