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Re:Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits m... by yaris on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @07:08AM (#23402090)
Swedish authorities relied on their citizen to behave, follow rules and use common sense in general, plus some administrative measures that can be implemented only by organizations. To me this is much better than to force people into lockdown no matter what. This has shown (again) negative parts of the swedish mindset, but that is a different matter and possibly the current approach with COVID will help to improve (if not eliminate) those parts.
Re:Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits m... by imartin2k on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @07:22AM (#23402165)
Let's hope you are right.

Edit: I clicked on your previous comments and saw one from some months ago where you wrote this: "Swedes tend not to think about "bad case", so if something does not go according to an optimistic plan - it sometimes comes as a great surprise for them"

This exactly in line with the current situation and my own assessment. So do you see a chance that this will be enough of a learning experience so in the future, Swedes (on a group level) will become better in factoring in the "bad case" in their decisions/thinking?

Re:Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits m... by yaris on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @07:35AM (#23402251)
I really hope that this COVID situation will be a strong enough kick in the ass. Sweden as a country and as a social group is nowadays not swift enough to react to things turning bad, so it _has_ to learn to be proactive.
Re:Man behind Sweden’s controversial virus strategy admits m... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @09:46AM (#23403276)
As an outsider, I thought the opposite had happened.

Early in the pandemic, The virus was thought to be both more deadly and more contagious. Many countries adopted a goal of flattening the curve, with the understanding that the the virus could not be suppressed.

Sweden pursued a fatten the curve policy in a very sensible manner, keep infections as high as your health system can handle until herd resistance is achieved.