In the Coronavirus Fight in Scandinavia, Sweden Stands Apart

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

  1. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    Sweden proved it would have been.

    Look at you using the word science haha. You grasp science like Trump grasps his upside down backwards Bible.

    What's that now Donny, you are all for masks today? And you are predicting it will disappear again? But you know, eventually this time. Right.

    Www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53258792

    "US President Donald Trump, long opposed to wearing a face covering in public, says he is "all for masks" and they make him look like the Lone Ranger."

    #Laceyrightwingscience

    im-a-science-communicator.jpg

    Lone ranger mask, highly effective..and its Biden with the dementia?

    MW-IJ711_lonera_20200701191003_ZQ.jpg
     
    Last edited: Jul 2, 2020
    #491     Jul 1, 2020
  2. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    Cry me a river you stupid selfish fuck. You've been running your mouth for months here and refused to even acknowledge real data as presented if it doesn't support your theories. You've been bending your claims as we go, so much so I doubt you even know what you claimed in the first place.
     
    #492     Jul 2, 2020
    Bugenhagen likes this.
  3. traderob

    traderob

    https://www.gisreportsonline.com/it...s-response-to-the-pandemic,politics,3234.html

    The World Health Organization is out of place chiding Sweden’s coronavirus strategy
    It is too early to judge Sweden’s response to the pandemic

    The WHO has arrogantly chastised the Swedish government’s policy of seeking herd immunity instead of trying to suppress contagion. The Swedes’ approach, however, may pay off during the pandemic’s second wave predicted by many experts.
    [​IMG]
    Stockholm, winter 2020: Swedish choir singers practice outdoors as churches are closed during the Covid-19 epidemic (source: dpa)

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has included Sweden on its list of countries at risk of a surge in Covid-19 infections that could overwhelm medical systems. The Swedish authorities disagree.

    Sweden has approached the pandemic differently than most countries and has not followed the WHO’s recommendations. The Swedish government did not embrace the policy of social distancing, on the assumption that acquiring herd immunity may prove a better strategy than trying to suppress contagion. The fatality rate appears to be higher – the most at-risk group, care home residents, were not isolated – but the country’s hospitals seem capable of coping with the public health crisis.

    Slanted coverage
    Overall, it is striking how much attitudes of gloom and doom are crowding out balanced, realistic analyses in the reporting and debate around the pandemic. Cases are presented as totals rather than per capita rates. No wonder that countries with large populations lead in the statistics. In news coverage from the United States, the emphasis has been on new and total cases and not on the declining fatality rate. Last week, there was a significant surge in fatalities reported in some states. However, it turned out that earlier deaths only potentially attributable to the coronavirus had been added to a particular day’s figures.

    We will only be able to assess Sweden’s strategy if and when another coronavirus wave comes. Then, a country with a higher acquired (“herd”) immunity rate may fare better than those that opted to limit the spread of the virus and flatten the curve of contagion.

    It is impossible to evaluate epidemiological policies and pick the best one for a given country at a pandemic’s onset. The WHO is rushing to judge nations in a bossy, arrogant fashion – even though its experts now believe a second wave is possible. One must not underestimate the risks, but many news outlets and virologists would do us all a service by becoming less opinionated.

    [​IMG]
     
    #493     Jul 2, 2020
  4. LacesOut

    LacesOut

    You go listen to Fauci who said the dangers of covid were minuscule and the WHO who completely blew the initial response as well.
    Don’t blame China - not their fault.
    2F366C1E-7987-48EF-8FF5-5D6FC9ACD009.jpeg
     
    #494     Jul 2, 2020
    traderob and Tsing Tao like this.
  5. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    The WHO worked for Trump, Faucci worked for Trump. The network of experts embedded by Obama in high risk countries used to work for Trump. The pandemic response team used to work for Trump...

    Trump's covid-19 response. Trump covid19 Masks tm.

    images (3).jpeg

    You are what happens when you learn through Fox, memes and people as ignorant as you. Faucci was correct at the time, the danger was miniscule when the virus was not believed to be in America

    Faucci still works for Trump.
     
    #495     Jul 2, 2020
  6. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    This is quite good and reminds me of what a thread with Jem and a gaggle of you boys jumping in is like.

     
    #496     Jul 2, 2020
  7. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Sweden chart looks great today!!

    upload_2020-7-2_9-26-19.png
     
    #497     Jul 2, 2020
  8. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    This death rate seems high. 7%?
     
    #498     Jul 2, 2020
  9. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Lack of testing likely along with elderly/nursing home high death rate. You can see that there is a lack of testing because there are no numbers on recoveries which would require testing. The good news is the lowering death increase numbers. Here in The US, we should have been this way without a lockdown the whole time.
     
    #499     Jul 2, 2020
  10. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Its probably lack of testing. The data source's first day was an 11% fatality rate. I'm sure if you graphed it (I'm too lazy to put it in Excel right now and having too much fun on the DeSantis thread) you'd see a number trending down significantly.
     
    #500     Jul 2, 2020
    Buy1Sell2 likes this.