In the Coronavirus Fight in Scandinavia, Sweden Stands Apart

Discussion in 'Politics' started by wildchild, Mar 30, 2020.

  1. jem

    jem

    Yeah... so when I was surmising the top might be in... you were not trying to correct me?


    I remember you incorrectly claiming that the data about ICU admits and infections were delayed.

    Are you saying that you knew I had a very good chance of being correct at the time, but you were arguing with me anyway?




     
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    #2361     Feb 4, 2021
  2. jem

    jem

    #2362     Feb 5, 2021
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    #2363     Feb 8, 2021
  4. wrbtrader

    wrbtrader

    Negative COVID-19 test required for entry into Sweden
    by Press Release
    February 4, 2021
    Europe
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    The Swedish government on Wednesday decided that foreign nationals will have to present a negative test result for ongoing COVID-19 infection upon entry into Sweden, regardless of where they are arriving from. The aim is to reduce the risk of spreading the new variants of the COVID-19 virus that have been detected in a number of countries.

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    Sweden/CIA
    On 29 January, the Government received a proposal from the Public Health Agency of Sweden, requesting a government decision requiring foreign nationals to present a negative test result for ongoing COVID-19 infection before they are permitted to enter Sweden, with any exemptions that the Government might decide. The background to this is that new variants of the COVID-19 virus have recently been detected, and that it is currently difficult to fully determine in which countries the variants are prevalent.

    The Government sent the proposal to the Swedish Police Authority, the Swedish Coast Guard and the Swedish Migration Agency under an accelerated consultation procedure. At the same time, the EU has presented new recommendations for travel restrictions due to COVID-19.

    Following very intensive preparations, the Government today approved a general entry ban for foreign nationals who cannot present a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival in Sweden. As a general rule, the test must not be more than 48 hours old. Foreign nationals aged 18 and older are subject to the test requirement, with the exception of certain categories of travellers so as to ensure that there are no unintended consequences.

    The regulations differ depending on whether a person is travelling from a third country or from an EU or Schengen country. There are also separate regulations for travel from Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom. However, the common feature is an exemption from the test requirement for people under the age of 18, those who live in Sweden and staff in the transport sector.

    “Today’s decision is important to reduce the influx of the new variants of the virus that have been detected in several countries. According to the Public Health Agency of Sweden, there is considerable uncertainty surrounding the new variants, and even if they have now spread to some extent in Sweden, it is important that we take this step, which will reduce the risk of further spread,” says Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg.

    The regulations will enter into force on 6 February, i.e. at midnight on Friday, and will apply up to and including 31 March.

    Today’s decision does not affect the period of validity of the temporary entry ban to the EU via Sweden, which still applies until 31 March.
    wrbtrader
     
    #2364     Feb 8, 2021
  5. LacesOut

    LacesOut

    This is the best part of your article:
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    Johan Carlson, director of the Public Health Agency, stressed that face masks should not be considered a substitute for keeping physical distance, and the recommendation was limited to situations where this was impossible.

    “We don’t think it will have a decisive effect, but in this specific situation it can have a positive effect,” he said.

    On Monday of last week Mr Carlson was spotted during rush hour at Stockholm’s central train station without a face mask. Challenged, the health director said his agency’s guidelines excluded train platforms, where he said it was possible to keep a distance.

    Days later he was spotted again without a mask, this time taking a bus in his home city of Uppsala.
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    These cunts know that mask wearing is mostly bullshit and they don't even follow their own guidelines...
    Sweden had it right from the beginning - that they are changing course now is not a sign that they were wrong then...they are wrong now.
     
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    #2365     Feb 8, 2021
  6. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Yep... just another example of a government idiot that does not follow their own public health recommendations. We appear to have an over-supply of these idiots globally.

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    #2366     Feb 8, 2021
  7. LacesOut

    LacesOut

    But this is because they know it's bullshit.
    Not because they think they are better or smarter or healthier..
    if there was a real risk, and masks helped keep them alive, they would wear it.
    But they don't...because it's not a risk and it's not going to help them.
     
    #2367     Feb 8, 2021
  8. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    The problem is that politicians think they are better than everyone else and don’t have to follow the rules they create for others. This not only applies to COVID but nearly every other thing politicians have enacted but failed to follow over the decades.

    On the practical side — we are seeing Darwin and the Grim Reaper enact a toll on politicians that don’t follow COVID public health policies. Maybe this will drive a change in their behavior but I am not hopeful.
     
    #2368     Feb 8, 2021
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  9. jem

    jem

    The fear monger... still misrepresenting the situation in Sweden.
    All you have to do is look at the data.


    Sweden still doing well vs GWbe-lyings model country.

    Sweden and Germany (gwbe -lying's model country for covid strategy) still tracking very closely = using 7 day moving average of Covid deaths per day and GWbe- lyings preferred data.


    https://ourworldindata.org/coronavi...othing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc


    and...

    on the official data... daily new infections and new icu admits...
    down dramatically from the highs


    https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/09f821667ce64bf7be6f9f87457ed9aa/page/page_0/
     
    #2369     Feb 8, 2021
  10. LacesOut

    LacesOut

    Yeah but this just isn’t true. Most people who die with Rona ARE following whatever stupid rules have been put in place. Viruses virus. Stupid people hide and wear masks.
     
    #2370     Feb 8, 2021
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