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I don't, but I've read enough to be aware of their approach which is to socially distance, protect the vulnerable but other than that, operate on a semi-normal basis. Kids go to school, adults go to work. Just wondering if they project Sweden to have any sort of "herd immunity" in the short/medium/long term timeframe.

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I imagine that a large percentage (maybe 10%, maybe more) of the children in Sweden have been infected because they have more daily contacts and they "work" in crowded rooms. I am thinking that the kids could achieve herd immunity with very few deaths. Of course, any old person living with kids would have a large chance of dying (maybe more than 5% if over 70).

There aren't a whole lot of multigenerational households in Sweden. Of course, grandparents do spend time with their grandchildren, but rarely 24/7.

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