Drareg
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A MSM-ish outlet has finally covered Sweden and its covid situation, thankfully the Swedes are still alive.
They do not have the delusional authoritarian lockdowns that many other countries in Europe have, the UK media would have you believe you will die instantly if you breach the 5km rule, with many new covid variants to choose from the UK government/dictatorship has decided to pump the South African variant as the new demon we must fight, to fight it you must loose all freedoms and wealth in your life, the ruling class must get richer to fight it and get more power to tell you what to do.
Maybe the legal vandal banksy could start spray painting Sweden everywhere and start a meme, the covid cult have the memory of Sweden wiped from their brain, the cult cognitive dissonance is in 6th gear now, apple and google maps are being harassed by the cult to remove and cancel Sweden from their "services". We need to remind them Sweden is still here, you may encounter a rage like reaction but be brave.
Remember folks the police are pulling elderly people out of cars for breaching restrictions, going into homes, shutting businesses down etc
The UK government are now alluding to another lockdown next year, we now have a second example from Sweden and it’s generally ignored, delusional textbook cult like behavior. There are many other examples of no lockdowns with similar outcomes, Florida is mentioned at the end of the article.
"When Sweden decided not to lockdown in March, we were told it would lead to nearly 100,000 deaths by 1 July. The actual total ended up being 5,490. Infections and deaths were falling from mid-April, pretty much at the same time as in most other European countries with strict lockdowns.
It is still early to evaluate the economic consequences, but Sweden’s GDP, in the fourth quarter of 2020, was estimated to be 2.6 per cent lower than the previous year, compared with a drop of 4.8 per cent for the EU as a whole".
Ah, but Sweden experienced a higher death rate than its Scandinavian neighbours, people will say. True, but the trends in deaths tell us that the virus was already much more widespread in Sweden than in Norway and Denmark when those countries imposed their lockdowns on 12 and 13 March respectively. This suggests that they may not be useful countries to make comparisons with, despite their proximity.
Arguably, a better example of a similar-sized country to Sweden – where coronavirus had also spread widely early on but which chose to lock down – is Scotland. Currently, Sweden has experienced a Covid-related death rate of 1,170 per million almost exactly the same as Scotland’s rate of 1,168.
By December, death numbers were similar to those in April, leading to the Swedish government finally deciding to impose more restrictions. These include limits on opening hours of bars and restaurants, closing upper-secondary schools (for pupils aged 16 and above), and recommending (but not mandating) masks on public transport.
The measures were still very modest in comparison with the restrictions and lockdowns imposed in most other European countries. Many were concerned that they would not be enough to stop the rise in infections. Indeed, governments across Europe assured their citizens that strict lockdowns were the only way to stop a surge in infections and to prevent health services being overwhelmed.
Yet from the end of December, Sweden has experienced the same steady decline in cases as elsewhere. Positive tests have decreased from a peak of 7,136 on 20 December (using the centred seven-day average) to the latest figure of 2,875. That’s a 60 per cent decrease – almost exactly the same as we have seen in the UK.
Given the lag between infection and testing, infections probably started falling from the second week in December. New ICU cases have dropped by even more and deaths are also decreasing, though the long lag in Sweden’s death reporting means death trends take some time to evaluate.
Over in the US, different states have tried different strategies and have reached similar results. Back in September, Florida decided to switch away from a lockdown strategy, ending mask mandates and reopening bars with even fewer restrictions than in Sweden. Cases and hospitalisations in Florida rose in the first half of winter, but, if anything, less steeply than in states like California, which persisted with tight restrictions. From January, Florida’s cases and hospitalisations have decreased just as they have in other states.
They do not have the delusional authoritarian lockdowns that many other countries in Europe have, the UK media would have you believe you will die instantly if you breach the 5km rule, with many new covid variants to choose from the UK government/dictatorship has decided to pump the South African variant as the new demon we must fight, to fight it you must loose all freedoms and wealth in your life, the ruling class must get richer to fight it and get more power to tell you what to do.
Maybe the legal vandal banksy could start spray painting Sweden everywhere and start a meme, the covid cult have the memory of Sweden wiped from their brain, the cult cognitive dissonance is in 6th gear now, apple and google maps are being harassed by the cult to remove and cancel Sweden from their "services". We need to remind them Sweden is still here, you may encounter a rage like reaction but be brave.
Remember folks the police are pulling elderly people out of cars for breaching restrictions, going into homes, shutting businesses down etc
The UK government are now alluding to another lockdown next year, we now have a second example from Sweden and it’s generally ignored, delusional textbook cult like behavior. There are many other examples of no lockdowns with similar outcomes, Florida is mentioned at the end of the article.
Sweden is flattening the curve, too
Once again, Sweden shows that hard lockdown is not the only way to get Covid under control.
www.spiked-online.com
It is still early to evaluate the economic consequences, but Sweden’s GDP, in the fourth quarter of 2020, was estimated to be 2.6 per cent lower than the previous year, compared with a drop of 4.8 per cent for the EU as a whole".
Ah, but Sweden experienced a higher death rate than its Scandinavian neighbours, people will say. True, but the trends in deaths tell us that the virus was already much more widespread in Sweden than in Norway and Denmark when those countries imposed their lockdowns on 12 and 13 March respectively. This suggests that they may not be useful countries to make comparisons with, despite their proximity.
Arguably, a better example of a similar-sized country to Sweden – where coronavirus had also spread widely early on but which chose to lock down – is Scotland. Currently, Sweden has experienced a Covid-related death rate of 1,170 per million almost exactly the same as Scotland’s rate of 1,168.
By December, death numbers were similar to those in April, leading to the Swedish government finally deciding to impose more restrictions. These include limits on opening hours of bars and restaurants, closing upper-secondary schools (for pupils aged 16 and above), and recommending (but not mandating) masks on public transport.
The measures were still very modest in comparison with the restrictions and lockdowns imposed in most other European countries. Many were concerned that they would not be enough to stop the rise in infections. Indeed, governments across Europe assured their citizens that strict lockdowns were the only way to stop a surge in infections and to prevent health services being overwhelmed.
Yet from the end of December, Sweden has experienced the same steady decline in cases as elsewhere. Positive tests have decreased from a peak of 7,136 on 20 December (using the centred seven-day average) to the latest figure of 2,875. That’s a 60 per cent decrease – almost exactly the same as we have seen in the UK.
Given the lag between infection and testing, infections probably started falling from the second week in December. New ICU cases have dropped by even more and deaths are also decreasing, though the long lag in Sweden’s death reporting means death trends take some time to evaluate.
Over in the US, different states have tried different strategies and have reached similar results. Back in September, Florida decided to switch away from a lockdown strategy, ending mask mandates and reopening bars with even fewer restrictions than in Sweden. Cases and hospitalisations in Florida rose in the first half of winter, but, if anything, less steeply than in states like California, which persisted with tight restrictions. From January, Florida’s cases and hospitalisations have decreased just as they have in other states.