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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan
wasn't it Sweden that is always disparaged by everyone here? Now, they are showing the way out of COVID?
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I always though Sweden had the right idea - treat people as adults and let them take as many precautions as they felt necessary.
Of course, it could all have gone horribly wrong, but then there were so many unknowns (and still are) that none of the various paths taken by different countries was guaranteed to work.
New Zealand and Australia adopted a "keep out" policy and were slow to start vaccinating. That kept deaths down to start with, but now they face the problem that very few have immunity so any break-out could be disastrous.
I think, on the whole, everyone has done their best given the circumstances, and hopefully we have learnt some lessons for next time.