Sweden Backtracks on Its Low-Pain Pandemic Cure

Sweden Backtracks on Its Low-Pain Pandemic Cure
People sit in a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 8, 2020. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images
Froma Harrop
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Sweden offered hope that the coronavirus could be reined in without great inconvenience or economic pain. Unlike its neighbors in Scandinavia and elsewhere, Sweden didn’t put its people in strict lockdown. Restaurants, bars and shops buzzed with their usual customers. Gyms stayed open, and kids under 16 went to school.

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