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Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy by seppin on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:27PM (#22895035)
Every strategy is dependent on testing, because every strategy requires an accurate assessment of sickness rates. If you don't know the extent of the problem, how can you even formulate a plan to fight it?

If by "strategy" you mean herd immunity, Sweden isn't doing that. No one is publicly claiming to be trying that anymore.

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Re:Bolsonaro fires health minister, calls to reopen economy by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:36PM (#22895091)
You can call it herd immunity or not, and Sweden has indeed picked "not". But their plan is to keep doing what they're currently doing. The Swedish government has no phase 2 where they expect to contain the coronavirus more strongly.
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