> the fact that the ministers are not allowed to run the show is such a blessing. To be fair though, there's nothing stopping government from ignoring another

> the fact that the ministers are not allowed to run the show is such a blessing. To be fair though, there's nothing stopping government from ignoring another government agency and doing their own thing, that's what basically happened in Denmark and Norway, where their governments enacted stricter measures than their own public health agencies recommended. The Swedish government could have done that, but it's currently a weak coalition government, which is why they adopted a more passive role. > if we had a decade where there just happened to not be any major pandemics In what I'm sure is a just a super coincidence, the past couple of flu seasons were extremely mild in Sweden, compared to neighbouring Denmark and Norway, which had normal flu seasons instead. I saw a twitter thread that talked about it in terms of brushfires and kindling. Dehumanizing, sure, but also pretty damn accurate: https://mobile.twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1277632502069252096 https://mobile.twitter.com/boriquagato/status/12776325020692...