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Sweden eschewed lockdowns. It's too early to be certain it was wrong

  • Written by: Andreas Ortmann, Professor, UNSW
Sweden eschewed lockdowns. It's too early to be certain it was wrongPer Bengtsson/Shutterstock

Sweden has become something of a cautionary tale for what happens when you attempt to tackle coronavirus without lockdowns.

In The Conversation last week The Grattan Institute’s Stephen Duckett and Will Mackey said its freer approach caused almost as much economic damage as a lockdown would have, and many more deaths....

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