# 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: ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962/719 "2020-12-09T18:39:12Z")

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More signs that Sweden is slowly but surely coming round to kind of thinking that was going on in countries six months ago. They are now looking at introducing emergency legislation:

> **[The Government proposes temporary pandemic law](https://www.krisinformation.se/en/news/2020/december/government-proposes-temporary-pandemic-law)**
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> The Swedish Government is proposing that a temporary pandemic law should come into force from 15 March 2021 until March 2022. The aim is that more activities will be covered by infection control regulations than is the case at present.

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