Since the beginning of the pandemic, Sweden has been an outlier, hoping that bypassing lockdowns and instead, bracing herd immunity would win the day. Well, it hasn’t worked out very well, and the country is grappling with next steps. That’s why we’ve brought Sweden’s Elin Martenzon, Tengai Unbiased CEO, to discuss the state of her country. You’ll learn why Sept. 29 is such a big day. Then we travel to Italy, where the continent’s first COVID passport mandate is about to be implemented. The answer to whether or not the rest of Europe will follow suit may surprise you.

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