"Unlike most other governments, we decided early on that we wanted to influence the behavior of our citizens by issuing recommendations – not by making laws. Trust breeds trust – or at least that has been true in our case."
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Bárður á Steig Nielsen (2021) cited in "We got rid of Covid-19 in the Faroe Islands through competence – and luck: Bárður á Steig Nielsen" on The Guardian, 10 March 2021.
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