Sweden is accelerating its review into the success of its Corona virus strategy, which controversially did not involve a lockdown and kept many businesses open.
Sweden has nearly 46,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and total deaths more than 4,700.
(Source: 10 June, JHU)
some of explainations reasoned for this is the high trust between the government and citizens where around 70% of the swedish people support the current Covid strategy. Sweden never faced a national emergency since more than 200 years, even Nazis didn't invade Sweden, so might be the government mechanism is not exposed to such national emergency situation. Moreover casualties are more among the immigrants specially from Somalia, this could be a factor further....
The countries have the freedom of decision and depends of the strategies of governances.
It looks that people in Sweden has strictly opted the SOPs to control covid-19 due to which it is expected that they would overcome without going to lock down.
If it has positive outcomes without locked down then it would be better for the world economy. Shuvashis Saha
Why the Statistics of COVID-19 Different in Scandinavian Countries?
Even if Sweden has faced COVID-19 pandemic without lockdowns, what is the recipe used by other Scandinavian countries by a comparison (data as of today 10 June 2020)
Data from https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Documented cases/deaths/mortality rate
1. Sweden: 46,814/4,795/10.2%
2. Norway: 8,576/239/2.8%
3. Denmark: 12,016/593/4.9%
4. Finland: 7,040/324/4.6%
Sweden had a price to pay like Italy, UK, Spain, and France.
Some countries went for the the economy, others went for a mix of both, while those who succeeded early and saved the economy as well their people used smart methods as in Singapore, New Zealand, Taiwan, and South Korea.
Point to ponder: "You can revive a dead economy, but not a dead person"
Yes, every single life is the most valuable to one and one's family. Dr.Muhammad Yousuf