Skeptical experts in Sweden say its decision to have no lockdown is a terrible mistake that no other nation should copy

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• More than 2,000 experts across Sweden in April urged the country to change its unusual decision not to have an enforced coronavirus lockdown.
• Its death toll is now among the highest in the world, and some of those experts told Business Insider they remain convinced the plan is a historic mistake.
• "This is not an example to follow. I don't want thousands of people around the globe to start dying," one science professor said.
• They say much of Sweden's advice is out of step with other countries: on masks, on the risks to children, and on who should self-isolate.
• They are urging Sweden to test more so it can better understand its outbreak and give information to the rest of the world.
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Sweden's strategy for dealing with the coronavirus means it has never had a lockdown.

Instead it allows people to go to parks, restaurants, and keeping working, while encouraging but not enforcing social distancing.

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