I live in NZ, which has taken the opposite approach.
We locked down early and hard, and there was a definite hit to the economy (although not as bad as some had feared).
We eliminated Covid in the country. There was a tiny second wave which forced our largest city back into lockdown, but that has been lifted.
Aside from international travel, Covid now has basically zero impact on my day to day life. Because there is effectly 0 chance of communitry transmission at the moment, life has essentially returned to normal. Bars, restaurants, etc are open and buzzing.
All this and our case numbers are lower than almost any other countries death numbers.
There is no way I would rather live in Sweden.
We locked down early and hard, and there was a definite hit to the economy (although not as bad as some had feared).
We eliminated Covid in the country. There was a tiny second wave which forced our largest city back into lockdown, but that has been lifted.
Aside from international travel, Covid now has basically zero impact on my day to day life. Because there is effectly 0 chance of communitry transmission at the moment, life has essentially returned to normal. Bars, restaurants, etc are open and buzzing.
All this and our case numbers are lower than almost any other countries death numbers.
There is no way I would rather live in Sweden.