Washington Post: Sweden's Coronavirus Strategy Isn't What It Seems

"In Sweden, there have been no invasive lockdowns to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus....  These seemingly lax measures attracted the attention of lockdown skeptics elsewhere, who hailed the “Swedish model” as an example of how a Western democracy ought to deal with the pandemic. It became a cause celebre among American conservatives, who resent the economic toll exacted by social distancing restrictions. Even for nonconservatives, the Swedish approach is now being invoked as an obvious “alternative” to what prevails...."