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Sweden resisted a lockdown, and its capital Stockholm is expected to reach ‘herd immunity’ in weeks

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This is good news, although some older people have died because it spread through care homes. But shutting down the economy risks lives too in the long run.The impose a lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak. The strategy — aimed at building a broad-base of immunity while protecting at-risk groups like the elderly — has proved controversial. But Sweden's chief epidemiologist has said "herd immunity" could be reached in Stockholm within weeks. Sweden resisted a lockdown, and its capital Stockholm is expected to reach 'herd immunity' in weeks

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This is good news, although some older people have died because it spread through care homes. But shutting down the economy risks lives too in the long run.

The impose a lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The strategy — aimed at building a broad-base of immunity while protecting at-risk groups like the elderly — has proved controversial.

But Sweden's chief epidemiologist has said "herd immunity" could be reached in Stockholm within weeks.

Sweden resisted a lockdown, and its capital Stockholm is expected to reach 'herd immunity' in weeks

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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