Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sweden has been a bit of an outlier. Instead of fully locking down the country decided to leave most things open, only slightly changing life for its citizens. The hope was that this approach would be more successful than a full lockdown. Six months later we take a look at what happened and discuss whether the strategy has been successful. Follow TLDR on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tldrnewsuk Follow TLDR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tldrnewsuk Follow TLDR on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/tldrnewsuk Support TLDR on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/tldrnews TLDR Store: https://www.tldrnews.co.uk/store TLDR TeeSpring Store: https://teespring.com/stores/tldr-spring Learn About Our Funding: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding Donate by PayPal: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding TLDR is all about getting you up to date with the news of today, without bias and without filter. We want to give you the information you need, so you can make your own decision. TLDR is a super small company, run few people with the help of some amazing volunteers. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, following and backing on Patreon. Thanks! //////////////////////////////////////// 1 - https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea 2 - https://www.government.se/articles/2020/04/strategy-in-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/ 3 - https://www.ft.com/content/22302f60-95fb-11ea-af4b-499244625ac4 4 - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-economy/as-sweden-goes-it-alone-a-covid-19-survivor-and-trucking-boss-balances-risk-idUSKBN22D4KN 5 - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus-herd-immunity.html 6 - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweden-was-right-to-put-two-fingers-up-to-us-2cc5gw286 7 - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/19/uk-needs-follow-swedish-model-learn-live-covid/ 8 - https://www.ft.com/content/5cc92d45-fbdb-43b7-9c66-26501693a371 9 - https://www.ft.com/content/7acfc5b8-d96f-455b-9f36-b70dc850428f 10 - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/15/sweden-records-its-fewest-daily-covid-19-cases-since-march 11 - https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-strategy/positive-covid-tests-in-no-lockdown-sweden-hit-lowest-rate-since-pandemic-began-idUSKBN25Z2TM 12 - https://www.ft.com/content/5cc92d45-fbdb-43b7-9c66-26501693a371 13 - https://www.ft.com/content/5cc92d45-fbdb-43b7-9c66-26501693a371 14 - https://www.ft.com/content/5cc92d45-fbdb-43b7-9c66-26501693a371 15 - https://www.ft.com/content/9a1e118f-a4ef-43ab-a981-58b8bd35c0e1 16 - https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/09/sweden-crown-princess-victoria-concert 17 - https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/09f821667ce64bf7be6f9f87457ed9aa/page/page_0/ 18 - https://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2020/07/03/covid-19-deaths-in-sweden/ 19 - https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/09/sweden-crown-princess-victoria-concert 20 - https://www.ft.com/content/9a1e118f-a4ef-43ab-a981-58b8bd35c0e1