I’m sure you met a guy and the part about you 2 showering together is I’m sure true but masked in shower not true but you training him is true.
Sweden passes tough new COVID laws as it abandons non-lockdown strategy https://www.yahoo.com/now/sweden-tough-covid-laws-country-abandons-nonlockdown-140715544.html Sweden has passed a new law giving its government power to enforce lockdown measures in the country, amidst rising coronavirus infections. A bill was passed on Friday allowing the government temporary power to shut shopping centres and public transport and to fine people who break social distancing rules. Unlike most European countries Sweden has, up until now, adopted mainly voluntary measures to limit the spread of the virus, partly because the government lacked wide-reaching legal powers to act. The country never entered a full national lockdown, and even reported an upturn in its economy at the end of 2020 as a result. However, increased infection rates have seen cases spike and in November more stringent restrictions on its citizens were introduced. Gatherings of more than eight people were banned, but the government could only impose the restrictions on public events as Swedish law meant that the guidance was optional for private events. The new law will give the government more power so it can restrict shop opening times and, if necessary, shut private businesses and public transport, and limit the number of people in public spaces like parks and beaches. The new laws are the strictest measures yet for the country. However, authorities will not be able to impose curfews or a domestic travel ban under the new legislation. "This is first and foremost about measures to hinder the spread of the virus, but without imposing unnecessary limits on things that can be done without risking infection," health and social affairs minister Lena Hallengren said during a parliamentary debate on Friday as politicians ended their Christmas breaks early to debate the measures. Sweden registered 12,536 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, covering the period since 5 January, Health Agency statistics showed. Deaths now total 9,262, a rate per capita several times higher than that of its Nordic neighbours', but lower than in many European countries that opted for lockdowns. During the debate about the new law, the government was widely criticised for being too slow in seeking broader measures to fight the second wave of infections. It had originally proposed the new powers would come into force in March, but moved up the timetable to 10 January as health services came under renewed strain. Sweden has been widely criticised for its more relaxed response to the spread of coronavirus, and its failure to protect the elderly during the first wave of the pandemic. Elderly care residents died in their thousands unnecessarily, an official commission said. Shortcomings in the nation’s elderly care system combined with inadequate steps taken by the government and agencies contributed towards the high death toll in nursing homes, it found. The commission said existing structural issues in Sweden’s care system contributed to the high amount of deaths, despite an attempt to ring-fence the elderly off. Commission chairman Mats Melin said: “The aspect of (the coronavirus strategy) which centered on protecting the elderly failed. “There is no other way to view the fact that so many died. The government should have taken steps to ensure the elderly care was better prepared for the pandemic.”
Sweden ditches controversial Covid approach and grants government power to impose strict measures New law will be used in near future, says prime minister https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus-covid-restrictions-b1784470.html
gwb-trading, Something doesn't make sense with that article. It would seem like for the past 2 months that every 2 weeks...Sweden has been introducing new restrictions / more restrictions and keeps using that line that these restrictions are more in line with the rest of Europe. Well, some places in Europe like United Kingdom have recently did another lockdown. Therefore, is this Sweden's way of slowly sneaking in enough restrictions that their citizens will not realize that they are actually in a lockdown. If that's what Sweden is doing...is working brilliantly the past two weeks...their performance against Covid-19 has been recently getting better. wrbtrader
First let's note that the Federal Government of Sweden did not have federal power to order lockdowns or restrictions for public health. All the federal government could do is recommend that state & local governments put restrictions in place. The change in federal law in Sweden this week allows the federal government to impose restrictions and lockdowns from the federal level. The day after the the federal law passed the Swedish federal government went into action imposing restrictions on gatherings of more than eight people and other measures countrywide. More restrictions are coming. Governments in Europe (not the U.K.) have started to use other terms rather than "lockdown" -- they started to call it increasing restrictions, dynamic restrictions, and other terms..... at some point enough restrictions get imposed for COVID that it is the same as a lockdown.
Thanks for the explanation especially considering I did not know the government did not have federal power to order lockdowns or restrictions... Things will be much different now that the federal law to allow more power on the federal level. wrbtrader
Let's see how things are going in Sweden as the reported death toll continues to reach new highs nearly every day... Sweden has passed a new law allowing coronavirus lockdown restrictions after its death toll reached a new high https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-passes-law-to-allow-closures-amid-high-death-toll-2021-1 Sweden has introduced a law that would allow the government to close restaurants, shops, and public transport to combat the spread of COVID-19. The new legislation signals a major shift away from the country's initial no-lockdown approach to the pandemic. A severe second wave of COVID-19 infections has prompted Sweden gradually to abandon the unique approach it first adopted towards the pandemic, when it relied on voluntary social distancing measures. Anders Tegnell, the architect of Sweden's initial no-lockdown response, said last week that the COVID-19 situation showed no signs of improvement in Sweden. (More at above url)
The Official Swedish data which nobody questions the accuracy of. infections trending down. ICU admits trending down Deaths trending down... (with the Caveat regarding deaths... I understand the most recent 10 days will have more deaths adding to them in the new few days... Hopefully these trends holds... as perhaps the world and Sweden needed time to start a new round of herd immunity for this new more infectious but perhaps less dangerous variant. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/09f821667ce64bf7be6f9f87457ed9aa/page/page_0/
Let's see how the registered deaths in Sweden are doing in the most recent 24 hour period.... yep - still well over 100 every day. Sweden registers 5,337 new COVID-19 cases, 167 deaths on Wednesday https://wincountry.com/2021/01/13/sweden-registers-5337-new-covid-19-cases-167-deaths-on-wednesday/
While we are at it... let's see how hospitals are doing in Sweden... More Covid-19 patients in Sweden's hospitals than at any point in 2020 https://www.thelocal.se/20210112/mo...n-swedens-hospitals-than-at-any-point-in-2020