The Sweden curve looks neatly flattened. Without a lockdown. Fascinating eh, @10DowningStreet ?

It's incorrect to claim that Sweden didn't lock down.

Interesting. Anyone any suggestions as to why their curve appears flatter, when you'd think, with no restrictions, cases/deaths would have risen faster than a country with restrictions?

They did have some restrictions. I believe Sweden closed higher Ed but kept primary schools open. And they encouraged distancing, etc on a voluntary basis. That did have some economic impact; almost as much as neighboring Norway and Finland, who closed.

Looks like one of those flatten the curve memes from March

So, Sweden flattened the curve? I thought that was a good goal, no?

Flattening the curve seems a halfway house position .The problem with Sweden and the opposite position of elimination such as New Zealand is that both are now isolated and punished for being different.

So now Sweden has herd immunity and Belgium will be susceptible during the next wave.

They don’t. Only 14% of the population has antibodies. You can look it up.

Sweden will not have a second wave because their policies never changed. This was always the shortcoming of all the "flatten the curve" charts that failed to extend beyond lockdowns. They suggested the implicit lie that all would be well beyond lockdown.

As well as continuing the narrative since then that lockdown saved thousands of lives whilst simultaneously refusing to acknowledge the evidence showing this not to be the case & also ignoring the vast number of avoidable deaths which are solely caused by lockdown. Madness.