No-lockdown Sweden is compelling parents to send their children to school. Some fear their kids could ultimately be taken away if they refuse.

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• Sweden has kept schools open for children under 15, part of its policy of avoiding a widespread lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Its policy is that students must physically attend school in almost all circumstances, including students with conditions that some evidence suggests may make them more at risk of catching COVID-19.
• Business Insider spoke to parents across Sweden who are disobeying the rules to keep their kids home.
• Many say local officials have threatened to involve social services if the parents do not relent and send their children to school.
• Some parents say their ultimate fear is having their children taken away.
• Swedish officials told Business Insider they would not usually resort to such an extreme measure, though did not deny that it is a possibility.
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Sweden is compelling parents to keep sending their children to school — including students with conditions that some evidence suggests may make them more at risk of catching COVID-19 — as part of its policy to avoid a fullscale lockdown in response to the coronavirus.

While school systems in other countries have ceased or greatly restricted in-person learning, Sweden says that anyone under 15 should keep going to school. There are almost no exceptions.

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