Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Episode: How Swedenâs Herd-Immunity Approach Defied the World â Johan Anderberg
Description: IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADEâ˘...âŚÂ Swedish journalist Johan Anderberg joins the show to talk about how he captured a rare moment in his countryâs history during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.His book, âThe Herd: How Sweden Chose Its Own Path Through the Worst Pandemic in 100 Years,â explains this unique time. In it, he gives a fly-on-the-wall account of the herd-immunity strategy that Sweden adopted during the first year of the pandemic. First, the government instituted no restrictions. Then, it declined to order that people wear face masks. While the rest of the world looked...