Sweden Actually Much Worse than Peers
Sweden death rate well over 2X that of Denmark, Finland and Norway who most closely resemble Sweden. Even Germany has a much better rate of containment. That said, Sweden has taken a gamble that 1)Herd immunity exists; 2) We won't get a vaccine this year; and 3) there is an economic justification to allow a more open economy. Here is the economic forecast from the Swedish model
"JP Morgan has forecast Sweden's economy will contract less than the euro area, with a 2.4% contraction in the first quarter of this year and a 13.7% percent contraction in the second. That compares with projections of a 4% and 17.3% contraction for the euro area; 3.1% and 16.6% for Germany; and 4% and 21.4% for France, according to the bank's report published on Friday."
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/05/01/world/europe/01reuters-health-coronavirus-sweden-economy.html
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Posted: 05/06/2020 at 4:04PM