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Will vaccines sound the death knell for Sweden’s Covid experiment?
Herd immunity will require fewer sacrifices if it can be achieved with an effective vaccination programme
by Holden Frith
20 Nov 2020
- 1. May 2022: Did Sweden’s Covid-19 experiment pay off?
- 2. January 2021: Is Sweden on the verge of a coronavirus U-turn?
- 3. December 2020: Swedish king says nation has ‘failed’ in pandemic response
- 4. November 2020: will vaccines end Sweden’s Covid experiment?Currently Reading
- 5. October 2020: how anti-lockdown Sweden is preparing for second wave
- 6. September 2020: copy Sweden’s Covid response, says WHO special envoy
- 7. June 2020: Sweden’s chief health official ‘admits to flaws’ in Covid plan
- 8. May 2020: has Sweden’s coronavirus experiment failed?
- 9. April 2020: is Sweden’s coronavirus plan working?

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- 1May 2022: Did Sweden’s Covid-19 experiment pay off?
- 2January 2021: Is Sweden on the verge of a coronavirus U-turn?
- 3December 2020: Swedish king says nation has ‘failed’ in pandemic response
- 4November 2020: will vaccines end Sweden’s Covid experiment? - currently reading
- 5October 2020: how anti-lockdown Sweden is preparing for second wave
- 6September 2020: copy Sweden’s Covid response, says WHO special envoy
- 7June 2020: Sweden’s chief health official ‘admits to flaws’ in Covid plan
- 8May 2020: has Sweden’s coronavirus experiment failed?
- 9April 2020: is Sweden’s coronavirus plan working?