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Sweden's Coronavirus Approach Is Starting To Look Like A Mistake
h/t HotAirThe Swedish experiment continues to be one of the most interesting things happening in the world right now. Pretty much every other country in the world, including Sweden’s neighbors Denmark and Norway, have adopted similar types of government-ordered social distancing. But in Sweden, the country is merely asking people to be sensible and hoping that’s enough to slow the spread of the virus. ...In the past few weeks, the country has experienced a bizarre nationalistic wave dubbed "public health nationalism" ("folkhälsonationalism"), which celebrates Sweden as an island of common sense in a sea of panic and resistance to science. According to this narrative promulgated by authorities and media alike, cultural exceptionalism ‐ such as high public trust ‐‐ makes Sweden particularly well-equipped to manage the pandemic. When asked why Sweden’s strategy deviates from other countries’, Sweden’s influential former state epidemiologist Johan Giesecke quipped, "That is because everyone else is doing it wrong." He went on to explain how he could be so confident: "I think we will manage the epidemic without destroying the economy more than necessary. The absolutely most important thing is to protect the elderly from getting infected. I think we succeed quite well in that. It lies in the Swedish national character to do as one is told." ...A head doctor at a major hospital in Sweden says the current approach will "probably end in a historical massacre." He says healthcare workers at his hospital who have tested positive for the virus but are asymptomatic have been advised to continue working. He asked to remain anonymous because "it is frowned upon to speak of the epidemic or to go against the official vision" but said he felt a need to speak out from an "ethical and medical point of view." To me the most noteworthy thing about Sweden is that, unlike every other industrialized country in the Word, the deaths outnumber the recoveries. Which suggests only two possibilities: Swedish doctors are worth spit, or they been ordered to practice die Selektion on patients. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-10 |
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