Not business as usual

I was born and raised in a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. For over 25 years, I have lived within Stockholm city limits. Sweden, as most people know, has not shut down its society. With the exception of the upper secondary and university education which are conducted at a distance, the younger children go to school as usual.

Swedes are good at obeying advice and guidelines, ie everyone who can work from home does so. This has led us to apply a kind of voluntary "quarantine". Because of this, large parts of Stockholm's inner city are almost deserted. Many shops and restaurants have closed, some temporarily and others permanently. The few people who go out use social distance.

The picture that life goes on as usual in Stockholm, Sweden, is not true at all.