Dr Rachel Irwin

Dr Rachel Irwin is a researcher in ethnology at the University of Lund in Sweden

The truth about Sweden’s voluntary lockdown

Sweden didn’t ‘refuse’ to lockdown. Nor does it have a herd immunity strategy, although it was recognised that some level of immunity in the population could be a side effect of its approach. The false premise of that rumour is that Sweden stayed open in order to allow the virus to spread, thus promoting herd immunity.