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Sweden "went back to normal" a long time ago. Their Covid deaths rate is near zero. The "it's bad so we need to x" reflex, where x is any of masking mandates, s
by Mattasher 5y ago
Sweden "went back to normal" a long time ago. Their Covid deaths rate is near zero. The "it's bad so we need to x" reflex, where x is any of masking mandates, social distancing, or especially take kids out of school, is anti-science and anti-human.
- Eldt 5y agoDidn't Sweden have a lot more deaths than their neighbours?
- voakbasda 5y agoSmall price to pay for herd immunity and normalcy, if it actually worked.
- theodric 5y agoSpoken like someone who didn't die. Also ghoulish beyond belief.
- nradov 5y agoSo far 99.86% of Swedes didn't die of COVID-19. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/
- HarryHirsch 5y agoHow many have permanently reduced lung function, vascular disease or are living with long covid? The death rate isn't the only metric, especially now with the vaccine.
- nradov 5y agoWhat do you count as a neighbor? Sweden is 39th in the world by per capita death rate. Many other European countries have higher death rates, including some countries that took more extensive pandemic control measures. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
- HarryHirsch 5y agoWhite exurban Atlanta (Randolph County) went back to normal as well, and now they are closing school because of a covid outbreak. I guess there isn't yet enough Delta variant in Sweden to make a difference. That, or the Swedish practice adequate mitigation (social distancing and masking).
- halefx 5y agoI think you probably meant Cobb County, GA. Randolph County, GA is farther away from Atlanta (~170 miles) than Chattanooga, TN (~120 miles). And as of 2010, Randolph County, GA was 61.8% black.
- HarryHirsch 5y agoYou are probably right. I mean the one near Marietta.
- hellified 5y agoI'm living in Sweden right now (US citizen). We wear masks. I've been working from home at my employer's request for over a year now. Office buildings are pretty empty, restaurants are still mostly depending on takeout revenue. Our vaccination rate is higher than in the US, and we're still being sensibly cautious to prevent another wave. Sweden isn't the free-for-all zone you've been led to believe.
- Mattasher 5y agoI was there at the end of 2020. Almost no one wore masks in Stockholm, even coming out of the subway less than 1%.
- sjg007 5y agoThings are not normal in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20210812/in-numbers-covid-19-cases-continue-to-rise-in-sweden/ https://www.thelocal.se/20210812/in-numbers-covid-19-cases-c...