To the government...its not a lockdown and they use the word "restrictions". Yet, keep in mind that the government passed the law several months ago to allow it to use a "lockdown" if / when needed. To the people...it feels like a lockdown and the increasing protests, increasing suicides, increasing anger is because they're reacting as if its a lockdown. Not anything to debate about about the difference in perspective by the Swedish government versus the Swedish people. Yet, it's very obvious that if / when the government does a lockdown...they will call it a lockdown. wrbtrader
He's stubborn about the words by the Swedish government, Swedish health officials and statements by Tegnell himself... The health policy they stated...it had failed although they now say it was not a Natural Herd Immunity experiment. Simply, the Swedish government, health officials and Tegnell are trying very hard to walk back their statements via saying they were not using a Natural Herd Immunity experiment. In contrast, they specifically used those words (Natural Herd Immunity) to support their other phrase..."lockdown lite" while Tegnell was given rock star status. Let's not forget those tourism marketing videos by the Swedish government almost bragging about their "lockdown lite"...inviting the world to come to Sweden. I suspect it was videos like that...they seduced many Americans as in the grass is greener somewhere else. Unfortunately, the world payed attention...many people left their lockdown country and went to Sweden. Now after restrictions, border closures....the grass is not so green over there. There are now growing protests, increasing suicides, increasing anger...scary aspect...the Swedish government still has not used a lockdown similar to the EU. Covid Variants is a Bitch Going forward...vaccinated herd immunity is the current way to go and its working. Working so well...some states have stupidity remove their restrictions before they are fully vaccinated...not even close to 70% vaccinated. I'm expecting many countries will remove all their restrictions when they reached 50% vaccinated herd immunity via the assuming 20% have been infected with Covid. Thus, 50% vaccinated herd immunity and 20% natural herd immunity after surviving a prior Covid infection. I'm convinced that if Sweden's Natural Herd Immunity experiment had been successful...the Swedish people, Swedish health officials, Swedish government, Tegnell and individuals in this thread will be announcing in triumph its success. Sadly, we had a few assholes in this thread, in the other Sweden thread and in their own thread...they announced United States had reached Natural Herd Immunity early fall or late summer of last year... We all know who they are. wrbtrader
Lets be very clear.... I have always advocated targeted lockdowns and remedies based on data designed to protect the high risk. You have argued for non data based insanity...you are the quack. What I have argued for has performed just as well if not better. Europe has to lockdown again... non lockdown places... may yet not have to lockdown. The best your position can do at this point in time is fail or tie. For thousands of years the status quo has been open. For thousands of years we have strived to protect the high risk. We would not be here if these strategies, including herd immunity, had not been successful in past...you idiot. Of course herd immunity is real .. if it were not... there would be no people. Can we improve upon herd immunity... yes. That is why I have argued the thing to do was educated and protect the high risk better. But for those for which this is likely the flu... they should get to choose within reason to be out of lockdown... subject to reasonable precautions which have been shown to work... such as distancing. Your team... morons like Gavin Newsom were locking down beaches and parks and outdoor dining while there was no evidence of spread outdoors. (by the may that shelter n place crap harms peoples immune systems.) Your team has produced the quackery and bullshit. Nothing is wrong with advocating for letting the low risk live their lives with distancing and reasonable precautions and protecting the high risk. (when the there is hospital capacity) And the data shows that has been the correct approach. you are the fucking idiot cheering for the team which has been wrong. high risk.
I will also note that 50% vaccinated herd immunity is the point where the spread of a disease starts slowing in a population based on all basic models. Increasing vaccinations beyond 50% in a population have the beneficial effect of further slowing spread until you reach the point where spread effectively stops (aka "herd immunity").
Vaccination Herd Immunity is working...record number of people are being vaccinated. Most states Covid numbers are manageable now that a few of them had removed their restrictions while knowing their more vulnerable population are being vaccinated before the less vulnerable population. By end of 2021...North America should be at / near Vaccinated Herd Immunity. Those that don't want to be vaccinated...that's their choice but they must own the consequences of making that decision. Today, I heard for the first time a great plan for sports arenas in Florida. Some of the arenas will have designated sections for sports fans...sections for those vaccinated and a different section for those not vaccinated. Everybody happy and gets to make their choice while enjoying the game. wrbtrader
In college, immunology classes, we learned that every disease and every population (country) will have a different percentage of the people needed to be vaccinated where the spread of the disease starts to slow down. Simply, the number for Sweden will not be the same for the United States. In fact, the computer models had shown that countries will reach vaccinated herd immunity at different times... Regardless, vaccination is a choice . Some places will require vaccination (e.g. military, hospitals, airlines, schools). Also, some sports arenas will be catering to that choice. For example, arenas in Florida already planning to have sections for vaccinated people and a different section for those not vaccinated. Let the games begin P.S. I'm ex military...every place we went in the world...we had to be vaccinated because some countries has diseases that you do not want to become infected with. Also, I grew up in a military family...schools on bases abroad...all the kids were require to be vaccinated. Those living off base...most of those primary schools required vaccination... People didn't bitch about it then. wrbtrader
I am merely talking the basic computer models where they show a bunch of round dots representing people in a boxed area and show the spread of a disease. The point where it starts slowing is around 50% vaccination (no matter what R factor, etc.). This is driven by the math. Of course, in the real world the "model" varies based on population density, self-protective measures, and many other factors.
LOL You've been wrong for a year on almost everything concerning Covid you clueless twit. Come on now you have been advocating impossible "solutions" then blaming everyone for not implementing your impossible solutions. You've advocated Sweden as some great model of success and their whole Covid approach failed miserably ( do we need to go over the months and months of you mockingly claiming that Canada's approach was failing but Sweden's was great -- look at the total numbers now ). You seemed oblivious the whole time why the most recent 7 day moving averages were POINTLESS stats; incomplete and always lagging the true cause/effect on anything important. All your posts are in history it's a joke when you try to claim some sort of workable plan that somehow the whole world couldn't figure out. You and that B. of Arts degree had it all figured out. Stop being stupid man the gig was up a long time ago. Be a man admit you were totally wrong and move on. Don't triple down on your stupidity.
So i do not know what drugs you are taking... but its you who has had shit ass backwards not me. Science and data has proven I was correct... for instance... a. We can get immunity (morons like gwb and probably you were giving him likes argued against that.... remember) b. The non lockdown places have done as well as many of the lockdown places. c. its almost axiomatic we should have done a better job protecting and educating the high risk... because they are they are 78% of the people in the hospitals and more that 95 % of the people dying (if I recall the stats from a few months ago) d. vitamin D has also been shown to be very key to resistance to Covid. e. There is no statistically significant outdoor spread f. There is no statistically significant asymptomatic spread g. masks have been shown in the danish and cdc studies to not protect the wearer... non lockdown states and countries have performed as well as lockdown states and countries... you can compare Sweden and Texas and Florida to Some EU countries the USA and California. remember all you fucking crazies stating that non lockdown places were going to be destroyed... wrong... you pre fascist dopes. the only major thing I was wrong about was that Sweden was done dying. I think that was wrong because the variants came along and people needed to reacquire immunity to at least some of the variants. Finally don't forget you were the asshole who told me I was selfish for going to the beach and you wished Covid upon me. I told you it was the opposite... keeping your immune system strong with natural vitamin D might /could prevent you from getting symptomatic and being at higher risk to spread. I note... that is the very logic some of the vaccine people were suggesting for why vaccines might slow the spread. For a few months there they were saying you might still get Covid but since your symptoms would not be severe you would be much less likely to spread. So in conclusion... you are such a brain dead lefty you don't recognize covid facts and far superior intelligence when they hit you in the face on elitetrader ... whether its from me or some of the other posters here.
As its April 1st I thought I would see how things are going and no surprise, Jem is still talking complete and absolute shite