Our officials gleefully prophesied a Swedish disaster. Wrong! https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/a-disaster-waiting-to-happen-or-a-bold-evidence-based-response-in-sweden-it-depends-who-you-ask-20200420-p54ll8.html This article in The Age , while still trying to create fear where there is none, could not hide the truth: with no lockdown, Sweden is comparatively unscathed economically (its unemployment is up two points, while in most Western countries, including Australia it is doubling or worse). Nor is it suffering any more in terms of Coronavirus fatalities: 175 per million, compared to the UK's 255; France, 319; Spain, 464; Belgium, 540; Italy, 408; The Netherlands, 229, all suffering from lockdowns and entering full-blown economic depression. Putting things in perspective In a typical year in Sweden, 9 people per thousand die from all causes. So far this year, less than 2 in 10,000 have died with Coronavirus: Less than 2% of all the deaths likely to occur...