Lying to the public about the COVID risks while pushing to keep everything open... sounds like DeSantis in Florida. Did Sweden’s Public Health Agency play down the start of the second wave of Covid-19? https://www.thelocal.com/20210413/d...own-the-start-of-the-second-wave-of-covid-19/ Did the Public Health Agency underplay the risk of a second wave of coronavirus in Sweden when it described the rise in cases as "slow" and said public compliance with measures was high? A new report by Swedish public radio investigates. The discrepancies are highlighted in an investigation by public radio broadcaster Sveriges Radio into the second wave, during which thousands of people died of Covid-19 in Sweden. On September 24th, for example, state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said the development was “stable” in most places but that Sweden was going “slowly but surely in the wrong direction”, albeit at a less dramatic pace than in many other European countries. Asked by Sveriges Radio why he described the increase using words like “slow” and “cautious” when the agency’s own data showed a rise of around 35 percent week-on-week, he said: “That was the judgment then.” It is not the first time that the Public Health Agency has been criticised for playing down the risk and severity of the second wave, both by media and by social media users. Tegnell has previously acknowledged that the agency underestimated how fast the numbers of Covid-19-linked deaths were rising as late as mid-November, when he told Dagens Nyheter “we do not have a sharp increase”. The day after these comments, The Local spoke to epidemiologists who warned that the current rise emphasised the need to follow the recommendations in place particularly closely. Mobile data from Telia was already showing an increase in movement, partly explained by universities and upper secondary schools returning to in-person learning, while many people returned to the workplace despite no change in public health advice to work from home. A non-scientific survey of The Local’s readers showed that many were asked or encouraged to return to their workplace from September, even among those who had worked from home in spring. At the September 24th press briefing, Tegnell singled out the return of many people to workplaces as “one of the big differences” in behaviour, but said that otherwise compliance was “very high” with Sweden’s coronavirus measures. Those included keeping a distance from people in public, avoiding large gatherings and staying at home with any symptoms, as well as working from home if possible. At that time, Sweden did not yet have recommendations to use face masks, completely avoid public places like shops, or to socialise only with your closest circle, although over-70s were living under stricter measures including avoiding all close contact with people outside their household. The Public Health Agency has used the Telia data as well as surveys by the Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) and survey company Novus, to measure public compliance with measures. All these data sets showed falling compliance from mid-May onwards, but the agency continued to say publicly that compliance was high and that this was a reason that a severe second wave of the virus would be less likely to hit the country. Each week since mid-May, the MSB asked respondents whether they were following Sweden’s coronavirus rules and recommendations to a greater, lower or the same extent as the previous weeks. Each week, the majority said they were following the measures to the same extent, but the proportion who said they were following them to a lesser extent was consistently larger than those following the recommendations more closely. This was mentioned by the MSB’s representative at several press conferences, but low compliance with measures was not named as a cause for concern by the Public Health Agency until much later in the year, when the second wave had already taken hold. On September 24th, Tegnell responded to several questions from media about the increase in cases. He repeatedly referred to high compliance from the Swedish population with the coronavirus measures in place, linking this to the fact that the measures had been largely unchanged throughout the pandemic, and said the agency hoped this would not lead to a second wave. The same day, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven urged people in Sweden to get better at following recommendations, saying: “The things we do right at this stage, we will get back later, and what we do wrong we will suffer for later.” Questioned by Sveriges Radio, Tegnell said that despite the steady fall in compliance, there were “still strong indications that we were following [the measures] very well”. He added that the severity of the second wave came as a surprise to many countries, with much of Europe needing to introduce stricter measures to curb the second wave than they had relied on in spring. “It’s very clear that in the autumn, many more measures were needed than in spring to get the level of infection to fall,” he said. Tegnell also said that focusing on praising compliance from the population, rather than highlighting the early signals that adherence was slipping, was partly intended to encourage people to keep following the measures. “The whole time, it’s a balance between how much you ‘scare people’ and how much you use ‘carrots’ and tell people we’re doing a good job,” he told the radio station. “If you send the signal that it’s pointless, that it’s getting away from us despite us all making an effort, that has an effect […] afterwards you can always say that if we had cried wolf it might have made a difference, but we don’t know.” Sweden is currently experiencing a third wave of the coronavirus, with more patients being treated in intensive care for the virus this week than at any point during the second wave. This time, the Public Health Agency has explicitly said that the reason for the rise is that fewer people are following the measures in place. It has responded by introducing tougher restrictions under the pandemic law (such as limits on maximum visitor numbers in shops) as well as regional restrictions in most of Sweden’s regions, which urge the public to wear masks on public transport at all times and in many indoor environments for example.
Sweden's COVID cases continue to increase... not slowing down at all. The surge continues to accelerate. Sweden's COVID infections among highest in Europe, with 'no sign of decrease' https://news.yahoo.com/sweden-reports-19-105-covid-121250145.html STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The rate of new COVID-19 infections in Sweden has jumped to the second-highest in Europe after land-locked San Marino, data showed on Tuesday, as the Scandinavian country which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic faced a third wave of cases. The number of patients treated at Swedish intensive care units has now risen past the peak of the second wave around the turn of the year. The country has registered 19,105 new cases since Friday, health agency statistics showed. Sweden had 625 daily new cases per million inhabitants in a rolling seven-day average, statistics from OurWorldInData showed on Tuesday, second only to San Marino, a small nation that is surrounded by Italy. "Unfortunately we see an increased spread in Sweden. We'll see how this week turns out, but it's definitely a high spread and no signs of a decrease," Sweden's Chief Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell told a news conference. Deaths remained at a relatively low 1.7 daily fatalities per million people, below the European average of 4.3 deaths. "We have increased spread but also vaccinations that work as a break. With these two forces combined we have a relatively even level of deaths", Tegnell said. The country of 10 million inhabitants has administered 2.1 million shots so far. Sweden recorded 39 new deaths, taking the total to 13,660. The deaths registered have occurred over several days and sometimes weeks. Sweden's death rate per capita is many times higher than that of its Nordic neighbours' but lower than in most European countries that have opted for lockdowns. Tegnell also said Sweden would decide how to use Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine within the coming days, following reports of rare blood clots similar to those reported for the AstraZeneca shot. U.S. health agencies have recommended pausing the use of the J&J vaccine after six recipients developed a rare disorder involving blood clots. Following the news, J&J said it was delaying the rollout of the vaccine to Europe. [L4N2M62S2] The move comes a week after European regulators said they had found a possible link between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and a rare blood clotting problem that had led to a small number of deaths. Sweden is due to receive its first doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine later this week. It paused the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in March but later resumed use for people aged 65 and older.
As the jealous old gwb and the fascist loving media pumps the fear... Sweden moves into first (best position) place on my 7day rolling average of deaths from Covid per week. https://ourworldindata.org/explorer...e&country=SWE~DEU~ESP~BEL~CAN~FRA~GRC~GBR~USA So.. Natural Immunity plus vaccine immunity (they are at 20 percent of the population) (which may be slowing down because of the problems with 2 of the vaccines...) Vs. Variants... Obviously Sweden is doing as well or better than GWB's model country and many other European countries. But because of the infections and ICU usage... I would say they are not in the clear yet. But... amazingly well positioned at the moment. Sweden is still one of the top performing models of freedom and Covid success after the first 2 or 3 months when they locked down the highest risk.
And now for some critical Sweden COVID news... Sweden sees sperm deficit as COVID pandemic deters donors https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/15/sweden-sees-sperm-deficit-as-covid-pandemic-deters-donors
The Latest: Sweden reports 7,000 daily cases, more in young Health authorities in Sweden say the coronavirus situation is “serious” and hospitals have quickly filled with patients https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/latest-thailand-adds-1500-cases-mulls-measures-77086784
A little perspective in response to GWB's fear and propaganda. Remember Germany is his model Covid response country. I am not hating on Germany... what I am stating is that Viruses Virus.. and it was insane to think widespread lockdowns of the healthy low risk were going to work for the first time in recorded history (or close to it.) We should have been protecting the high risk better and giving them accurate information and stats... so they would protect themselves better. German Hospitals Near Breaking Point With Cases Still Rising https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...ases-still-rising/ar-BB1fG2Xm?ocid=uxbndlbing
Hilarious Sweden can always go to their Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland) and ask for their Nordic sperm. wrbtrader
Sweden to ease COVID-19 restrictions for those who've been vaccinated https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/16...restrictions-for-those-who-ve-been-vaccinated Sweden's Public Health Agency (FoHM) says that some COVID-19 restrictions will be eased for those citizens who have been vaccinated. Elderly people who have had their first shot of the vaccine may socialise with people outside their inner circle three weeks after receiving the jab. "Vaccinated citizens may meet people from a few different households and also indoors," the agency said in a statement. "The changes include allowing vaccinated people to spend time with children and grandchildren indoors without keeping a distance, provided they are symptom-free." Communal activities in Swedish care homes could also resume, the authorities added, as long as the recommended procedures are followed. "Once vaccination of elderly people and their household contacts, as well as health care staff working closely with this risk group, has been completed, joint activities in specialised homes and daycare activities can resume," the FoHM said. "Vaccinated elderly people can make visits outside the home, for example to relatives and service facilities." The three-week delay until citizens can socialise has been used as guidance because the body has developed "a good level of protection" by then, the authority added. FoHM has also reiterated that vaccinated people should still avoid congested public spaces. Around one in five Swedish citizens have so far received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but authorities are warning that the easing of restrictions will remain "gradual". "Vaccination coverage is now good in special care homes and home care services," the FoHM said. "At the same time, the spread of infection continues at a high level, putting a strain on health and social care services." "It will take time before vaccination coverage is so high in all groups that major reductions can be achieved in the whole society." The Public Health Agency underlined that it was of the "utmost importance" that vaccinated citizens also follow the inoculation schedule and receive a second dose so that they have "long-lasting" protection against the virus. Some 400 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated at intensive care units in hospitals across Sweden, including an increasing number of cases in children and young adults. Stockholm has targeted vaccinating all adults by August 15, but the plan has been hit by supply delays and the withdrawal of Johnson & Johnson from the EU.
I can't believe "Jem" still hasn't figured out the flaws in the 7 day rolling averages he uses and that Sweden was never "well positioned" to deal with Covid. One only needs to look at the overall infection and death rates to see they haven't done well with Covid. And he refuses to admit it. In reality, a country the size of Sweden with their social systems and economy should have excelled dealing with Covid.
I thought he was going to change his tune after Tegnell, Sweden Health Officials announced that their health strategy had failed and then soon they announced their health policy was not the Natural Herd Immunity... Surprisingly, he painfully has stuck with it. That's like going down with the sinking ship and you're 100 feet under the surface and you're still debating "You're Not Sinking". Heck, I was born in France, raised in the United States and currently living in Canada...I have no hesitation to admit that the Covid performance in these three countries have been poor nor does saying such will dampen my love for these three countries. Simply, I don't live in Sweden...what reason is there to defend Sweden with misinformation that they're the model country (never have been) even after Tegnell and the Swedish Health Officials stated their health policy approach to the Pandemic did not work ??? Also, I was quick to admit that there are other countries (e.g. New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan) using all three key aspects of managing a Pandemic...contact tracing, quarantine the sick and face mask wearing at high numbers in their population. Another way to explain this in a rude manner...a few individuals in this thread has Sweden's big dick in their mouth and they just can not stop sucking on it. wrbtrader