Yes, that is all true. For example, you do not sit down next to a stranger on the bus if there is any seat left where you don't have to sit next to somebody.

I think the main disadvantage Sweden has had was a large number of starting cases in early March as there is a one week Spring break in late february where you traditionally go skiing. And being able to afford going to the Alpes instead of our domestic mountains, is a sign of wealth. So we had a bunch of conspicous consumers going back and forth to Italy there. I think that is one reason - in addition to more public transport - that Stockholm has been worst hit. I was surprised that there was no quarantine, I think that would have postponed and flattened the outbreak here. That would probably been considered extreme then, but that was almost months ago.

Politically, when it comes to the disease the government is mostly pointing at the expert agency and Anders Tegnell, the state epidemologist, has become a household name (I doubt people knew we even had a state epidemologist before this). So the prime minister holds speaches about the importance of following the experts advice.