GW fearmonger's pick of how to control covid has a 7 day average of deaths of 139. Yet... had and all the morons were telling how great and how successful their lockdown ideas were. Should it not be obvious to the world by the now that locking down caused tremendous damage and does nothing that can be quantified as positive unless you are doing it to conserve hospital resources... https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/germany Sweden has a 7 day moving average of deaths of 6 https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/
Want a late night drink in Sweden.... good luck with that. Sweden Locks Down Bars https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-partial-lockdown-of-bars-with-alcohol-curfew 'All the indicators point in the wrong direction': Sweden places COVID-19 restrictions on bars and restaurants https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...covid-19-restrictions-on-bars-and-restaurants
I wonder how Norway is going to use their military to patrol the border ? I know there's many Swedes crossing the border into Norway (daily, weekly or monthly) because they work in Norway. Thus, the military is not for patrolling those individuals. It must be for other Swedes crossing the border that are tourists and non-essential workers. I've never been there...wouldn't now what its like to cross the border from Sweden into Norway but there must have been some problems with them "not doing the the 14 day quarantine" upon entering Norway. Thus, maybe the Home Guard is being used to obtain identification info and their itinerary to ensure there's "contact tracing" of the Swedes. Also, maybe the Home Guard has the equipment to do testing, temperature checks and such ? I just can't imagine anything else like..."stop or we'll shoot". Sweden Sweden tightened recommendations for three more regions on Tuesday, meaning inhabitants in 13 out of 21 regions now are advised to work from home, avoid public transport and limit social interaction outside the family as much as possible. The Skane region on Tuesday reported 1,410 new cases in the last 24 hours, roughly 10% of the total number of cases since the pandemic began. The region also asked private healthcare providers for personnel reinforcements as hospitalisations had increased. Several regions are also struggling to keep up with demand for testing even as Sweden hit a record last week, forcing authorities in the biggest cities and hard-hit areas such as Ostergotland to restrict bookings amid a scramble to raise capacity. The above info by Swedish Officials. Simply, it still doesn't look like Sweden has reached the status of herd immunity. wrbtrader
Yep.... Sweden tanked its economy totally.... even worse than the stats show according to their central banker. Swedish Central Banker Says Economy Is Worse Than Official Data Show https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...aker-than-official-forecasts-show-ingves-says Sweden’s economy has been harder hit by the Covid crisis than is reflected in the latest official forecasts, according to the governor of the Riksbank, Stefan Ingves. “The recovery seems to be a little slower than we initially thought,” Ingves said in an interview in Stockholm on Wednesday. “It is extremely difficult to assess how long this will take.” After a summer during which the pandemic seemed to be receding, infection rates have again started to spike as winter approaches and temperatures drop. In Sweden, the government is now resorting to tighter measures than were used in the spring, in an effort to fight back the virus. Robert Bergqvist, chief economist at SEB AB, said he doesn’t see much evidence in the latest data that things are slowing down in Sweden. But “changed behaviors” are also making it harder to interpret the statistics that are available, he said. “It sounds as if Ingves is preparing for more stimulus,” said Bergqvist, who once ran the economic analysis unit at the Riksbank. That’s likely to take the form of an expanded quantitative easing program by 20% to 600 billion kronor ($70 billion), he said. The Riksbank’slatest official forecast, from September, shows Sweden’s economy shrinking 3.6% this year. The estimate was an improvement on the bank’s previous prediction for a 4.5% contraction in 2020. The Riksbank also raised its guidance for 2021 slightly in September, to growth of 3.7% from 3.6% previously. Inflation stagnated at 0.3% in October, well below the Riksbank’s 2% target, according to data published on Thursday by Statistics Sweden. Vaccine Hopes Ingves, like some of his peers, cautioned against reading too much into efforts to produce a vaccine. Stock markets shot up on Monday after an analysis showed that a vaccine being developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE prevented over 90% of Covid-19 infections. The news was received as a game changer for global efforts to fight the virus, which has already killed more than 1 million people. There are “lively discussions” about vaccines, Ingves said. But “it will take some time before everyone is vaccinated, and before this goes away.” The Riksbank’s benchmark interest rate has been zero since Ingves ended half a decade of negative rates last year. He’s since made clear the Riksbank will rely on bond purchases, not rates, to support the economy. The Riksbank has tested the limits of its toolbox this year, adding corporate bonds to its quantitative easing program for the first time. But Ingves signaled he’d be unlikely to make policy adjustments in response to developments in stock markets. “We are, of course, looking at the financial sector, the banking system at large,” he said. “The Riksbank’s main focus isn’t the stock market. The stock market is a risk market and that’s something you have to live with, if you choose to put your money there. Sometimes it goes up and sometimes down.”
you are talking about a forecast. their economy has performed far better than most. Why do you hate on Sweden so much? Are you sick in the head?
How come you promote "natural herd immunity" so much? It is a flawed policy that kills an excessive number of people while providing no economic advantage in battling COVID. Even Sweden has backed away from this policy and is now using regional lockdowns and restrictions.
Sweden tightens first ever Covid lockdown as ICU admissions DOUBLE in a week after public ignore rules https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13176...ovid-lockdown-icu-double-public-ignore-rules/ Sweden's PM Says Country is 'Moving Towards Darker Times' in COVID Pandemic https://www.newsweek.com/sweden-prime-minister-darker-times-covid-pandemic-1546921 Sweden’s aged care homes report more COVID cases – three months after all facilities were declared virus-free https://www.theweeklysource.com.au/...fter-all-facilities-were-declared-virus-free/