# 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: [July 2, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962/463 "2020-07-02T21:56:19Z")

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> **[Sweden's prime minister orders an inquiry into the failure of the country's...](https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-opens-inquiry-into-coronavirus-strategy-of-no-lockdown-2020-7)**
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> The number of new COVID-19 cases in Sweden, where the government opted against a strict lockdown, has increased significantly in recent weeks.

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> - Sweden’s prime minister said the country must now change its approach.
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> Sweden’s prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the country’s decision not to impose a coronavirus lockdown after the country suffered thousands more deaths than its closest neighbours.
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> “We have thousands of dead,” Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven said at a press conference on Wednesday, while admitting that the country’s handling had exposed Sweden’s “shortcomings,” [The Times of London reported.](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/swedish-pm-orders-inquiry-into-handling-of-virus-53rqkrg9b)
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> “Now the question is how Sweden should change, not if.”

Sweden will be changing its strategy after an inquiry into the failure of its current strategy…

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