# 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 11, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962/732 "2020-12-11T09:57:57Z")

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So a press release has been , err, released telling us to read an SMS in three days.

> **[Text message with information about Covid-19](https://www.krisinformation.se/en/news/2020/december/sms-with-information-about-covid-19)**
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> On Monday, 14 December, the population of Sweden will receive a text message. The purpose is to inform about the stricter regulations and general advice that is now coming into force throughout the country.

But yeah, it seems stricter measures in some form are on the way. Or maybe it is just reminding us of the current measures? Who knows? I guess it’ll give me something to think about over the weekend.

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