Posted on 05/19/2020 8:07:09 AM PDT by Hojczyk
And even as NPR declares the American “Restaurant Industry Faces a Sudden Collapse,” the Swedish chef remains gainfully employed,
In short, Sweden has sought to contain the virus without drastically curtailing either economic activity or civil liberties, unlike so many other countries. In Hungary, for example, a new law makes spreading “false information” about the pandemic punishable by up to five years in prison.
Meanwhile, Western opinion elites are freely indulging in Sweden-shaming. A sample of typical headlines might include:
"Sweden Says Its Coronavirus Approach Has Worked. The Numbers Suggest A Different Story" (CNN)
"Sweden: 22 Scientists Say Coronavirus Strategy Has Failed As Deaths Top 1,000" (Forbes)
"The Grim Truth About the ‘Swedish Model'" (Project Syndicate)
Even President Trump, who has become increasingly feisty in pushing for reopening the U.S economy, has said “Sweden’s suffering very, very badly.”
Yet what seems like a simple comparison may not be because of different ways of categorizing deaths, but here’s one that stands out above all. To the extent locking down “prevents” infections, it’s actually just delaying them. The original lockdown concept, forgotten once the goalposts were reached, was to keep health care systems from being overwhelmed by “flattening the curve.”
“Locking down is saving time; it’s not solving anything,” says Tegnell. By not locking down and flattening, to the extent that flattening works, Sweden has in essence “front-loaded” its deaths and decreased those deaths later on. That may help explain why it has significantly more per-capita deaths than the other Scandinavian countries.
“Some immunity” is the advantage Europeans had over Native Americans, who were devastated by smallpox even as the Europeans had by that time acquired a relatively high degree of partial immunity (meaning fewer, less deadly, and less disfiguring cases).
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Saw a high ranking Swedish doctor being interviewed last night. Was asked if they are wearing masks. He said no...if we get sick we go home and to bed.
This is why liberals don’t want to allow for a variety of regional approaches - someone might prove their totalitarian policies wrong.
This presentation about Vitamin D explains Sweden (nursing homes and ethnicity!)and much more.
What do nursing home residents and Somali immigrants have in common? Vanishingly low levels of Vitamin D. Think about those hip fractures, dark skin and women wrapped up in black trash bags. Sunshine and Vitamin D!
The low-cost, no cost answer for COVID-19.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Hnl7iRvpo
But... But... The Freeper Fauci Fluffers declared Sweden to be a time bomb waiting to go off!
(And it if doesn’t, it’s “apples and oranges” to excuse their consistently awful predictions)
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