# 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: ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962/455 "2020-06-26T16:14:22Z")

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> **[Hospital patients four times less likely to die now than they were in April,...](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/25/oxford-university-analysis-coronavirus-death-rate-hospitals/)**
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> Experts say doctors may be becoming better at treating patients and several drugs now appear to have an impact on survival

This is from a study done in the UK. If it’s true, then it’s possible that Sweden’s strategy was 4 times more deadly than it would be if it had taken more of a lockdown strategy and saved as many lives on the front end. Some of the reasons given for the finding is that there are more effective treatments now than in April.

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