In reply to <a href="https://macdailynews.com/2020/04/22/u-s-senator-demands-tim-cook-and-sundar-pichai-be-personally-accountable-for-coronavirus-contact-tracing-privacy/#comment-2190556">WAKE UP</a>.
There are a couple of reasons not to follow the Swedish experiment.
First, the Swedes have encouraged social distancing and have voluntary compliance that is clearly better than the compliance with mandatory distancing in many US localities. Their culture promotes social responsibility, not rugged individualism.
People can afford to comply because they have generous leave policies that discourage coming to work sick. They have generous pensions and other benefits that allow people to stay home if they are susceptible. Universal medical care leaves fewer patients with untreated underlying conditions, and encourages early medical intervention by a primary care physician rather than an emergency department. Demographically, Swedes are more likely to live alone than Americans and far less likely to ha
