Molson Hart

Let’s talk about Sweden and the coronavirus. While it’s easy to find pictures of galavanting Swedes (publication bias) it’s hard to get real data that gives a sense of what’s happening on the ground there. Happy to be corrected, but it looks like a fairly tough lockdown.

Their economy is also, just like everyone else’s, fucked. Yeah it doesn’t help that everyone around them has a strict lockdown (more strict?) but still. They’ve had to do bailouts like the rest of us. Further, while the infection and death data has been pretty muted, it still

So in summary, while Sweden seems to be doing pretty well it’s not some sort of free Scandinavian no lockdown paradise. It’s also definitely not a solution to the economy. America ain’t taiwan so we might as well try it but it’s also important to remember Swedes are probably way