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They haven't seen any benefit to their economy compared to other nordic countries at all. Partly because they are export dependant and nobody's buying & partly
by anders_p 6y ago
They haven't seen any benefit to their economy compared to other nordic countries at all.
Partly because they are export dependant and nobody's buying & partly because enough swedes are staying home (not going to pubs etc.) for the economy to tank but not enough to avoid 10 times as many deaths as their neighbours.
So, yes, time will tell. But for now they are getting the worst of both:
Many dead and no economic benefit.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoSweden hasnt any had any hospitals overwhelmed. they're just front loading the deaths that every single other country is going to have but is just delaying. Do you think Corona is going anywhere?
- Leherenn 6y agoA vaccine in the next couple years is not unthinkable I'd say. If you have a look at the current infection rate in a lot of European (and others) countries, even reaching 50% of the population infected would take decades. So yes, I believe that delaying is not the only possibility.
- anoncake 6y agoKeeping the virus contained for years is unthinkable. If we don't get a vaccine by next year, we won't need it anymore.
- Leherenn 6y agoWith the current measures in Europe? Definitely doable. It's currently mandatory masks in public, keeping distances and washing hands, and no big crowds. Life feels pretty normal over here.
- anoncake 6y agoIt's great that life feels normal for you, not everyone is that lucky. People have already started to disobey and it isn't even winter.
- Leherenn 6y agoAre those measures really unbearable for you? I feel like we are talking about different situations, and I'd like to understand your point of view. I'm talking from the perspective of a European country with <100 cases/day.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoWe're doing that in America and cases are skyrocketing. A lot of places are starting to reinstitute lockdowns.
- arcticbull 6y agoAgain we cannot know this until after.