# Sweden do-nothing approach good, US/UK/other countries' early do-nothing approach bad. Why?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962 "2020-04-03T14:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962/423 "2020-06-14T18:06:56Z")

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> [@asahi](#):
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> Let’s just say I’m skeptical of “It’s just a bad flu. It’s not really that bad. Sweden’s smart - you’ll see in the end” propaganda.
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> Accept facts, mate. Sweden’s response has failed spectacularly. The only reason it doesn’t have a spectacularly high number of coffins stacked one on top of the other is because it’s a sparsely populated country.

What are you babbling about? That has nothing to do with the post you responded to.

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