{"id":25818,"date":"2020-11-20T09:25:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T14:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=25818"},"modified":"2020-11-20T09:25:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T14:25:20","slug":"how-finland-and-norway-proved-swedens-approach-to-covid-19-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/20\/how-finland-and-norway-proved-swedens-approach-to-covid-19-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How Finland and Norway Proved Sweden\u2019s Approach to COVID-19 Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The coronavirus is back in force<\/a>. Many nations around the world are seeing alarming rises in cases and deaths, totals that in many instances exceed the highs reached in March, April, and May.<\/p>\n

From the beginning of the pandemic, governments around the world have tried to tame the virus. All have failed, to varying degrees.<\/p>\n

Whether governments implement draconian lockdowns, modest lockdowns, or no lockdowns at all, the virus has spread. Some countries with harsh lockdowns have fared better; many have fared worse. As some have pointed out<\/a>, the virus doesn\u2019t seem to care what policies you put in place.<\/p>\n

Belgium, for example, has the second highest COVID-19 death rate in the world even though it implemented one of the strictest lockdowns in the world (81.5 stringency<\/a>). Italy and Spain had even harsher lockdowns, and both countries are also among the most devastated by the virus. (Italy\u2019s current death rate is lower than that of Belgium and Spain, but the country is facing a resurgence of the virus that looks positively frightening.)<\/p>\n