In this environment, it was refreshing to hear Ron Paul, the former Republican United Sates House of Representatives member from Texas and long-time doctor, present in a Monday interview with host Stuart Varney at Fox Business some of the common sense approach that could have instead been employed in America in reaction to coronavirus.

Instead of imposing lockdowns as was done in much of America, Paul argues in the interview that Sweden provides a good example for what American politicians should have done. By not having a lockdown and by largely letting coronavirus run its course, the government of Sweden, Paul says, demonstrated a better policy health policy that also prevented Sweden from suffering the economic hardship that lockdowns bring.