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Unlike its Nordic neighbors, Sweden decided early on in the pandemic to forgo lockdown inthe hope of achieving broad immunity to the coronavirus. While social distancing waspromoted, the government allowed bars, restaurants, salons, gyms and schools to stay open.
Initially, Sweden saw death rates from Covid-19 that were similar to other European nationsthat had closed down their economies. But now, the Scandinavian nation's daily death toll per1 million people is8.71 4.59
"I'd say it hasn't worked out so well," said Dr. George Rutherford, professor of epidemiology atthe University of California, San Francisco. "I think the mortality in Norway is something liketen-fold lower. That's the real comparator." (Norway's daily death rate is less than .01 per 1million people.)"If you let this go or don't try very hard or go about it in somewhat of a more restrained wayrather than we have here, this is the price you pay," Rutherford said. "Maybe it didn't hurtbusinesses, but you have twice the mortality rate of the United States. All those people whodied were part of families and they were citizens and part of the fabric of Swedish society. Andnow they're gone because of a policy that hasn't worked out quite the way they thought itwould."Scientists estimate herd immunity for the coronavirus is reached when70 − 90 %
Despite its relaxed response, Sweden is nowhere near to hitting that goal. Tests on 1,118 Stockholm residents carried out by Sweden's Public Health Agency over one week in late April showed that only7.3 %
Rutherford said we can keep doing non-pharmaceutical interventions like contact tracing, mask wearing and isolation quarantines, but also develop drugs that work better treating people who already have the infection so they don't require critical care in a hospital.
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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Unlike its Nordic neighbors, Sweden decided early on in the pandemic to forgo lockdown inthe hope of achieving broad immunity to the coronavirus. While social distancing waspromoted, the government allowed bars, restaurants, salons, gyms and schools to stay open.
Initially, Sweden saw death rates from Covid-19 that were similar to other European nationsthat had closed down their economies. But now, the Scandinavian nation's daily death toll per1 million people is
"I'd say it hasn't worked out so well," said Dr. George Rutherford, professor of epidemiology atthe University of California, San Francisco. "I think the mortality in Norway is something liketen-fold lower. That's the real comparator." (Norway's daily death rate is less than .01 per 1million people.)"If you let this go or don't try very hard or go about it in somewhat of a more restrained wayrather than we have here, this is the price you pay," Rutherford said. "Maybe it didn't hurtbusinesses, but you have twice the mortality rate of the United States. All those people whodied were part of families and they were citizens and part of the fabric of Swedish society. Andnow they're gone because of a policy that hasn't worked out quite the way they thought itwould."Scientists estimate herd immunity for the coronavirus is reached when
Despite its relaxed response, Sweden is nowhere near to hitting that goal. Tests on 1,118 Stockholm residents carried out by Sweden's Public Health Agency over one week in late April showed that only
Rutherford said we can keep doing non-pharmaceutical interventions like contact tracing, mask wearing and isolation quarantines, but also develop drugs that work better treating people who already have the infection so they don't require critical care in a hospital.
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