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The truth about Sweden's voluntary lockdown

22 September 2020

11:01 PM

22 September 2020

11:01 PM

Sweden didn’t ‘refuse’ to lockdown. Nor does it have a herd immunity strategy, although it was recognised that some level of immunity in the population could be a side effect of its approach. The false premise of that rumour is that Sweden stayed open in order to allow the virus to spread, thus promoting herd immunity.

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