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There is no herd immunity in Sweden and it was never a stated goal. New infections are trending up the same as everywhere else. The official statistics dashboard can be found here: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/09f821667ce64bf7be6...

How does this support herd immunity? Herd immunity wouldn’t lead to the distinction between the US and Sweden unless Sweden achieved herd immunity before the virus was being tracked.

Explain what you mean by "herd immunity"? It is normally achieved through vaccination; if you mean "wait until most of the population has had the disease", you'd need to wait until the US death toll was much higher to achieve that.