Sweden’s COVID Response Was Flawed But Allowed Freedoms–Commission

March 1, 2022

(Reuters) – Sweden should have shut venues and taken other tougher measures early in the COVID-19 pandemic, though its no-lockdown strategy was broadly beneficial, a commission said on Friday. Sweden polarised opinion at home and abroad when it chose not to follow most of the rest of the world in ordering lockdowns and adopted a largely voluntary approach of promoting social distancing and good hygiene. The commission – set up by the government under pressure from parliament – said Sweden’s broad policy was “fundamentally correct”. (Read More)