If you think Sweden should be vilified you are a fascist with no concept of data or strategies which worked. Sweden did as well or better than so many countries but still managed to keep their kids in school and avoided lockdown. Here you can see the did as well or better than all these countries on the list I have kept for months. https://ourworldindata.org/explorer...e&country=SWE~DEU~ESP~BEL~CAN~FRA~GRC~GBR~USA If you are comparing Sweden to its neighbors... what do you think they did that which caused superior results. As far as I could tell they some or all of them only lockdown for a few weeks. Sealing the borders was the key.
Sweden ‘in violation’ of EU law for failing to issue Covid passes to thousands of foreign residents https://www.thelocal.se/20210825/sw...or-failing-to-issue-covid-passes-to-everyone/ Sweden's failure to make Covid vaccine passes available to those without personal ID numbers contravenes EU laws, an internal market expert group has told The Local. The EU Digital Covid Certificate was agreed on by member states earlier this year, and is meant to facilitate travel within the union during the pandemic. But as The Local has reported in a series of articles, thousands of people in Sweden are currently unable to get the certificate. Charlotte von Mentzer, a legal adviser at Solvit – an organisation that helps solve problems that EU citizens or businesses are experiencing with the public administrations of EU member states – said that Sweden was not alone in failing to offer the Covid certificate (also sometimes known as the vaccine pass, health pass or green pass) to everyone who is legally entitled to one. “Clearly a few countries have had problems living up to the regulation, it’s not just Sweden as far as we know,” she told The Local. “Everyone is probably doing their best, including our authorities, but you should be able to follow a regulation as soon as it comes into force.” The EU Digital Covid Certificate scheme came into force on July 1st across the EU, including Sweden. Everyone who lives in Sweden is eligible for the Covid vaccine (although some readers have told us that they experienced problems in that area, too), but you still need a Swedish social security number, personnummer, to order the official Covid vaccine pass. If you don’t have one, you may have to pay for a negative test to be able to travel freely. This despite the fact that according to EU rules, vaccinated people have the right to get the certificate from the member state that administered their vaccine. “We believe that because this makes it harder for a group of people, who perhaps even live in Sweden and have the right to do so and are only affected because they don’t have a personnummer, it is a problem that is in violation of freedom of movement,” said von Mentzer. A spokesperson for the eHealth Agency – the agency in charge of issuing the vaccine passes in Sweden – confirmed to The Local that it was still “investigating the possibilities for a solution” for everyone, including people without a personnummer. “We have also been told that they are looking into the possibility of making this happen,” said von Mentzer. “But you could go as far as to say that it is an obligation, not just a possibility. Like any other country, Sweden should live up to the rules stated in the regulation.” She said Solvit had not yet launched a formal investigation into the issue, but were looking into reports from people who are affected. “People who have the right to get vaccinated in Sweden also have the right to get this certificate, and that goes for everyone.” What do the EU rules say? The EU regulation 2021/953 outlines the framework of the EU Digital Covid Certificate. Article 5.1 states: “Each Member State shall, automatically or upon request by the persons concerned, issue the vaccination certificates referred to in point (a) of Article 3(1) to persons to whom a COVID-19 vaccine has been administered. Those persons shall be informed of their right to a vaccination certificate.” What’s the problem in Sweden? Including people without a personnummer turned out to be more technically complex than expected, the eHealth Agency told The Local in July. Some people without a personnummer got their vaccination registered to their coordination number (a temporary code) and some to a reserve number (another temporary code), and including them in the database used to administer the Covid passes proved difficult. The agency predicts it will have a solution in place for coordination numbers by September at the earliest, but the reserve numbers are more complex, and there is not yet a time frame for adding them to the pass. The Local explained the issue in more depth in this article. The personnummer is often key to accessing a lot of Swedish services, everything from opening a bank account to joining a gym. You have to be able to prove that you intend to stay in Sweden for more than a year to receive one, which excludes a lot of people who are here legally (including EU job-seekers and many exchange and master’s students), and the waiting time for one may be up to 18 weeks. What should I do if I’m in this situation? Von Mentzer recommends reporting your case to Solvit. The service is provided by each EU country (in Sweden it is part of the National Board of Trade) and is designed to help people or businesses whose EU rights are breached by public authorities. Regardless of whether your particular problem lies with Swedish or other EU authorities, she said Solvit can help investigate possible solutions and mediate. Another option is to approach the region that administered your vaccine, and ask them to give you a slip of paper that includes the same information as the Covid pass, although it doesn’t offer the same guarantee of free travel as the latter does. If you have applied for a personnummer, you should be able to transfer your information and receive the Covid pass as soon as you receive the personnummer. Here’s more information about the EU Digital Covid Certificate scheme. If you have a story to share with The Local, you are always welcome to email our editorial team at news@thelocal.se. We may not be able to help, and we may not be able to reply to every email we receive, but we read all emails and your feedback helps inform our reporting. What about other EU countries? Sweden is not the only member state where certain categories of foreigners have struggled to get the Covid pass. The Local’s sister site in France reports that it has mainly been working smoothly in France, but Austria, Spain and Italy all report various bureaucratic problems.
Swedish federal government wants the power to directly order full country curfews and lockdowns... Swedish government orders inquiry to consider future pandemic curfews The Swedish government has appointed a commission of inquiry to investigate how Sweden’s legislation could be updated to help the country better face future pandemics. https://www.thelocal.se/20210901/sw...-inquiry-to-consider-future-pandemic-curfews/ Many countries imposed mandatory lockdowns and curfews during the coronavirus pandemic, but Swedish decision-makers were reluctant to do anything that would change the country’s constitutional protections of freedom of movement. Sweden did roll out temporary pandemic legislation which gave the government more powers to, for example, introduce limits on visitor numbers in shops and restaurants to curb the spread of coronavirus, but this stopped short of curfews and fullscale lockdowns. One of the things the inquiry is set to answer is whether or not curfews helped halt the spread in other countries, and if so, whether Sweden should be able to impose them. But according to the government’s directives, such measures should not go further than necessary. Health Minister Lena Hallengren told the TT newswire that she would be prepared to change her opinion based on the inquiry’s final report, but “at the end of the day I don’t think we should have a curfew. It’s an enormous infringement of people’s freedom”. The inquiry will also look into how to limit crowds and how to impose sanctions on individuals. Swedish law already states that everyone is obligated to do their part to stop the spread of infectious diseases, but in practice there are few ways available of enforcing this. The inquiry will look at, for example, whether people who ignore recommendations to wear a face mask or keep a physical distance should be penalised. It will also investigate several other measures, including how to improve the social insurance system for disease carrier’s allowance to help more people work from home, and how to strengthen infection control in for example care homes for the elderly. The commission, which will be led by the health ministry’s legal head, Lars Hedengran, will present its first report by May 15th next year and its final report by August 31st, 2023.
So Sweden still has many restrictions... and is removing some at end of the month. So much for the "no lockdowns" in Sweden narrative. Sweden to lift more Covid-19 restrictions at end of September Swedish ministers announced at a press conference on Thursday that Sweden will go ahead with the next step of its plan to lift Covid-19 restrictions from late September, including removing rules for restaurants and public events. https://www.thelocal.se/20210907/will-sweden-lift-its-next-round-of-covid-restrictions-in-september/
The increasing vaccination and restrictions...a one-two punch combo...are doing their job in Sweden that's being led by a social-democratic government with Tegnell and the Sweden Health Public agency promoting the benefits of vaccination. It will be interesting to see how Sweden performs when all the restrictions are gone with the Delta Variant growing in many countries but Sweden now uses vaccination passport to minimize the infection / potential spread by those entering Sweden. In my opinion, all the above facts are working because most of the Swedish people are being responsible and they seem to learn from the mistakes of 2020 when they tried (failed) at the Natural Herd Immunity policy. wrbtrader
so why did you and your team spend over a year... executing on your rules from radicals strategies of separate, marginalize, misinformation and hate?
The United States doesn't have the citizens to do the responsible things in a Pandemic. In fact, other countries are taking note of such. Something that should be thought about seriously, I recently saw on TV a journalist interviewing random people in Stockholm, Sweden and asking them about their opinions on Covid vaccination... Overwhelming, most of them stated it was their "civic duty" to be vaccinated to protect the lifestyle they have in Sweden. Those wearing face masks...said they were wearing face masks because it was their "civic duty" to protect those around them. Wow !!! ---------- Sweden Bans U.S. Travelers, Vaccinated or Not By Michelle Baran Sep 7, 2021 Americans can no longer travel to Sweden for leisure purposes, effective September 6. For two glorious months, Americans were able to book a vacation or reunite with family or friends in Sweden. But the opportunity is over, at least for now. After lifting its ban on travel from the United States on June 30... Sweden has reinstated its U.S. travel ban, effective September 6. The move comes after the European Council last week announced its decision to remove the U.S. from its safe travel list. From June 30 to September 6, U.S. travelers who presented proof of a negative COVID-19 test result from within 48 hours prior to arrival could enter Sweden, regardless of vaccination status. Now, only those Americans who are traveling to Sweden for an exempted purpose, such as residents of Sweden or essential workers, will be allowed to enter; they will still need to provide a negative COVID-19 test result upon arrival. Leisure travelers will be turned away at the border. “The amendment is the result of an update of EU recommendations regarding travel into the EU based on . . . the severely deteriorated epidemiological situation in these countries,” the Swedish government stated in a release about the new entry protocols. There is some future hope for the vaccinated, however. The Swedish government stated that it is “examining the possibility of exempting fully vaccinated residents of certain third countries from the entry restrictions”—but did not specify which countries might be considered and added that it will “return to this issue at a later date.” So, when and whether vaccinated U.S. travelers may possibly be exempt from the ban remains TBD. https://www.afar.com/magazine/sweden-bans-us-travelers-vaccinated-or-not ---------- wrbtrader
Nothing quite like a douchebag drone like GWB who hides behind memes after being a fear filled quack full of hate and lies for over a year. As Tegnall said.. .you can't judge the performance in the middle of a lockdown... you hate filled drones were so dumb. Could it change yes... it could. here is reality... using your preferred data. https://ourworldindata.org/explorer...L~CAN~FRA~GRC~GBR~USA&Metric=Confirmed+deaths