In the Coronavirus Fight in Scandinavia, Sweden Stands Apart

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

  1. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    Ah yes, crossed my mind. He does this.
     
    #741     Jul 23, 2020
  2. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I'm not disagreeing with you at all. I don't understand why people feel the need to pull this crap.
     
    #742     Jul 23, 2020
  3. Gnus

    Gnus

    Without any truth the board's biggest narcissist claims he caused someone to cease posting in the past by calling him a narcissist.

    Could the irony be any more entertaining?

    If jem did leave, it must have been difficult.

     
    #743     Jul 23, 2020
  4. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Who is the board's biggest narcissist?
     
    #744     Jul 23, 2020
  5. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    Oh come now..do you really think a new member would write that? Considering it is just a repeat of "Jem's" no-but-you-narcissist reply?
     
    #745     Jul 23, 2020
  6. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    You got him. Well done.
     
    #746     Jul 23, 2020
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Sweden’s Coronavirus Approach Doesn’t Pay Off for the Economy
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...irus-approach-doesn-t-pay-off-for-the-economy

    Sweden and Norway took very different approaches to controlling Covid-19, with the latter swiftly adopting strict lockdown controls and ramping up testing, while the former attempted to combat the virus by using mainly voluntary, non-regulatory social distancing measures.

    Yet Sweden’s strategy hasn’t paid a clear dividend in supporting growth: The economy took a lesser hit than most in the first quarter, but monthly GDP-data and daily activity indexes show growth has been slow to recover after that. Meanwhile, with cases under control Norway was able to relax controls and activity has rebounded rather strongly.

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    The peak-to-trough drop in activity in both countries was similar, though a Bloomberg Economics’ estimate on what portion of the drop came from lockdown policies as opposed to other factors depressing growth shows a balance of the two in Norway, while voluntary changes in behavior and weak global demand played a dominant role in Sweden.
     
    #747     Jul 23, 2020
  8. Buy1Sell2

    Buy1Sell2

    Sweden and Michigan. They have roughly the same population. Sweden deaths without a lockdown 5666. Michigan deaths with a severe lockdown 6141.
     
    #748     Jul 23, 2020
  9. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    the dead giveaway is the quote after the response. Jem's just not smart enough to tweak such obvious details.
     
    #749     Jul 23, 2020
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  10. Bugenhagen

    Bugenhagen

    Yes indeed. Also inconsistent capitalisation a strong indicator.
     
    #750     Jul 23, 2020