Posted on 04/27/2020 8:46:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Around Stockholm lately it appears as if a growing number of people are moving on from the early depths of coronavirus anxiety. Sweden has maintained a higher degree of normalcy than most other countries over the past six weeks, but just as in most places movement has been down, travel all but stopped, and consumer spending much reduced.
Though Swedes are still encouraged to keep a distance, work from home and avoid non-essential travel as before, there are signs that many are now deciding to get back to something resembling life before the virus. It’s unclear whether that’s warranted or advisable, but it’s happening either way.
The changes are subtle but noticeable. The highway into town from the south now looks as jammed up at 8 a.m. as it ever did on a weekday morning (that’s supported by mobile phone data that indicates Stockholm residents are now heading into town for work at a higher rate).
In the shopping centers where a handful of stores had gone dark for a time (voluntarily), everything is once again open. Even the travel agent selling package holidays is up and running—and advertising summer and fall trips. That’s especially fascinating given all the grounded planes and the ongoing uncertainty as to when anybody will be able to return to taking trips just for fun. Yesterday in the park down the street there were kids everywhere (as has been the case all along), but there was something added: a barbecue with zero social distancing involved.
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Now is an especially interesting time to keep an eye on what happens as many countries in Europe, including Sweden’s Nordic neighbors, begin to ease restrictions themselves. Swedish authorities seem to have accepted that infections and deaths would inevitably climb at a certain rate, so the numbers here look much worse than in neighboring countries. Having avoided wider infections up to now, will countries like Denmark and Norway soon see a surge in cases when they try to open up? Will Swedes, having been infected more widely at a reasonably controlled pace, now be better off than everyone else as we attempt to restart economic activity?
will countries like Denmark and Norway soon see a surge in cases when they try to open up? Will Swedes, having been infected more widely at a reasonably controlled pace, now be better off
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Pay now or pay later.
Yes, I think so.
What’s next? That’s obvious. Start a media blitz to convince people that catastrophe HAS arrived in Sweden.
But wait
Their death count on same stats as US would be 73,000 people, and climbimg
https://www.thelocal.se/20200310/timeline-how-the-coronavirus-has-developed-in-sweden
Lol. Cue.
At least the U.S. never instituted a true lockdown but rather a stay at home order.
In Sweden? More like grilled sausage.
The ghouls waiting patiently to scream “see, see, I told you see!. This will go on for months
again all of this NUMBERS and CHARTS will have a truer meaning some time down the road.... its possible Sweden goes higher now and falls off faster in death count due to no lockdown while lockdown countries see more spikes in the coming months of larger second or third waves due to hiding from the inevitable.
its a total sum game, what will be those totals when its over or mostly ended.
Sweden has a population of 10.18 million
and according to Worldometer, 2355 deaths
The US has a population of 330 million
and according to Eorldometer, 58,101 deaths
The US has a population 33 times the size of Sweden.
2355 Sweden deaths X 33 = 77,715
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