# 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: ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweden-do-nothing-approach-good-us-uk-other-countries-early-do-nothing-approach-bad-why/850962/785 "2020-12-20T13:29:09Z")

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> [@amanset](#):
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> The problem with that article that it makes the mistake that so many do, it concentrates on deaths only as if that is the only metric. We all surely know by now the dangers of “Long Covid”. From lung scarring to amputations, the dangers of having COVID but surviving it are well documented.

So what is Sweden’s current amputation count?

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