Sweden has taken a slightly different approach to coronavirus than the rest of the world, allowing life to go on as ‘normal’ with a few exceptions.
Unlike neighboring Denmark – which has restricted meetings to 10 people or less, Swedes are still going out to nightclubs, hanging out with friends, and even ‘enjoying ice creams beneath a giant Thor statue in Mariatorget square,’ according to the BBC.
“We who are adults need to be exactly that: adults. Not spread panic or rumors,” said Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in a televised address to the country last weekend.
“No one is alone in this crisis, but each person has a heavy responsibility.”
And while the country has limited gatherings to 50 people as of Sunday, the government is largely leaving decisions over self-isolation and social distancing up to the citizens. BBC notes that almost half of Stockholm residents are working remotely, and that traffic is quieter than usual. Stockholm’s public transport company SL reports 50% fewer riders on subway and commuter trains last week.
Stockholm Business Region, a state-funded company that supports the city’s global business community, estimates that rises to at least 90% in the capital’s largest firms, thanks to a tech-savvy workforce and a business culture that has long promoted flexible and remote working practices.
“Every company that has the possibility to do this, they are doing it, and it works,” says its CEO Staffan Ingvarsson.
His words cut to the heart of the government’s strategy here: self-responsibility. Public health authorities and politicians are still hoping to slow down the spread of the virus without the need for draconian measures. –BBC
According to the report, there are ‘guidelines’ but not strict rules. People are advised to stay home if they’re sick or elderly, wash hands, and avoid non-essential travel whenever possible.
So far the country has had roughly 3,500 cases and 105 deaths.
Demography may also be a relevant factor in the country’s approach. In contrast to the multi-generational homes in Mediterranean countries, more than half of Swedish households are made up of one person, which cuts the risk of the virus spreading within families. –BBC
The BBC also notes that swedes love the outdoors – and officials have said that forcing people to stay inside would be physically and mentally unhealthy.
“We have to combine looking at minimising the health effects of the virus outbreak and the economic impacts of this health crisis,” said Stockholm Chamber of Commerce CEO Andreas Hatzigeorgiou.
“The business community here really thinks that the Swedish government and the Swedish approach is more sensible than in many other countries.”
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That is the best news today. Two months from now when the streets of Stockholm aren’t riddled with dead people Chris Martenson will be forced to suck his own cock as penance for his ridiculous hyperbolic videos…
I can’t fucken wait!
It won’t bother Chris or anyone like him. They most likely have sucked it before!
O.T.
Right. It’s their preferred menu item.
Sweden – they who have become part of the Muslim world. Come on, Rob, this will end poorly for them.
Maybe it will.. I think it’s great either way. Sweden is beta testing something worth while for the West for a change. Like I said two months from now it will be known how it worked out. Do notice though that BBC is already making excuses for why it might not matter for Sweden to be in a locked down quarantine..
many people live alone! WTF!
7 or 8 million people is going to be a great sample size. Throw in Belarus and their 10 or so million and looks to me like the experiment will have real world results..
I’m excited!
And you think that most will have “access” to the truth of these experiments? Expect the MSM to be running cover for this as hard as they will be running cover for our network of bioweapons labs and their likely complicity in this.
What happens when all the native Swedes die off and the rapefugees have no Kaffir to sexually assault or earning the money that pays for their free shit? Should be interesting to see how the Swedish Caliphate folks from North Africa survive in the Winter when there is no one providing them with a way to heat their hovels, or food to eat I am sure it will be a party, a Donner Party that is
We can look at what happens when you ignore the virus, on a smaller scale.
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-spreading-quickly-israels-ultra-060700375.html
Bigger sample will give a better result… I’ll wait!
Here you go:
https://summit.news/2020/03/31/like-watching-a-horror-movie-swedens-liberal-approach-to-coronavirus-under-fire/
146…. did they all die from Wuflu or did they die with it. That is a legitimate question.
And WHO gets to count anyways. Seriously why are these numbers being swallowed whole cloth, especially around here…
Mexico is taking no precautions either. How is it working out for them….
Seems to be working out for them so far…
Brazil is not taking precautions.. how is it working out there..
Could it be bullshit… YES it probably is but at least those countries haven’t blown up their economies to find the cure!
I am going to work this morning and news comes on! It was COVID this and COVID that, and then the COVID case update came on… and then Justin Trudeau hints that current lockdown will stay in place until JULY!
And no one need fret.. I am following the rules and abiding the “social distance”
But there is no way that the social fabric here is gonna endure 4 more months of this shit… Not a fucken chance. Anyone with half a brain and access to internet is going to start asking real questions. Call me a skeptic but I am dubious of anyone who claims to know what the numerator is in the calculation. And anyone who has the denominator for this bug is full of shit…Yeah South Korea is the Gold Standard but even they can’t stamp it out. There are still flare up and they are still playing whack a mole!
And all this talk about a vaccine is yet moar lies. There has never been a vaccine for a coronavirus made that was effective. And why.. well because the Honey Badger, as Chris Martenson calls it, mutates too fast for the cure to keep up. And this one is no different than the rest that came before… Novel for sure but there is nothing novel about this coronavirus.
And come it will here every winter hence whether anyone likes it or not.
It can’t be stopped and this world can’t save everybody! People are gonna die, it is just the way it is, but if you are 85 years old and die, you died of old age.. including them folks is just reaching for hyperbole.
A common-sense approach that should be instituted everywhere.
The place is so overrun with diversity that they dare not attempt a ‘lock down’. If they did, it would showcase to the world the dangers of their deluded immigration policies.
They’re leaving the sandniggers elsewhere (France, for example) alone to do their own thing.
It’s only the whities who are following orders.
It is good that they did! They are beta testing doing nothing at all and when this is over, and folks are woke for real, people are gonna be pissed that their lives were upended and the economy destroyed.
But will they be pissed enough to throw off their oppressive masters in government? Because THAT will be the only sign that anything was learned (and NO, that was not a personal attack on Trump, but a general attack on government of all flavors).
Belarus is another country and this one actually has real men instead of the delicate pussies in Sweden.
A recent e-mail from a friend in Sweden. The health ministry has advised people to keep 2 meters apart when in public. Response from northern Sweden: “Do we have to stay that close?”
Makes a whole much more sense than locking everyone down. Make your own choice of how much risk/exposure you’re willing to take. At least you don’t bankrupt everyone.
I can’t help but wonder lately if the epidemic we’re experiencing isn’t just a ‘bullshit’ epidemic of gigantic proportion … there are certainly enough things to indicate that that’s the true case here.
“In contrast to the multi-generational homes in Mediterranean countries, more than half of Swedish households are made up of one person…”
They might be able to consider that a “benefit” at the moment, but it sure as hell is NOT a benefit to a country long term. The destruction of the extended family that resulted from WW2 and the Interstate Highway system and the GI Bill, has had HUGE consequences in America. The high suicide rates in Sweden might be tied to this isolated living. We are social creatures after all (though some are more anti-social than others).
On a lighter note. I heard a good TP joke today.
The people hoarding TP don’t know that when the price reaches 10 dollars a roll, someone will just shoot them and save 9 bucks.
You can probably do this with a Nation of people who share a common ancestry and the collective unity such brings, but Sweden is no longer that country. Hopefully though the third-world garbage humans will continue to congregate and cross-infect each other at least.