It’s not often that I type these words: Sweden got it right.
They kept open the schools for the younger children, protected the elderly and the most vulnerable and kept a safe distance from one another.
Unless it’s necessary, I refuse to use the “S****l D********g” term that the elites and media have been shoving down our throats.
Regarding Sweden, what many people forget is that they keep their distance from strangers, even in normal times.
On Facebook, the number of Karens who went into orbit when our (Alabama’s) beaches were opened, was ridiculous. Obviously, those rocket scientists weren’t aware that the beach was one of the safest places to be. The sun, and the Vitamin D it provides, is one of the best defenses against viruses.
Luckily, in my town, not many people wear masks. That could be because our county has reported only one Chinese virus patient.
I laugh at the sheeple on Facebook whose profile pics are of their faces, proudly wearing their mask. If they only realized how ridiculous they looked.
It is like that here in the eastern part of King County Washington where we live as well. We have a high percentage of Scandinavians here. My own grandfather immigrated from Norway in the 1920s. And this might be part of the reason people tend to keep to themselves more than in other parts of the country.
Our large community of recent Chinese immigrants, their family and friends can be thanked for bringing it here before other parts of the country had it. Thousands were taking direct flights from Wuhan to SeaTac even after the Chinese restricted travel within their own country. After President Trump's travel ban these direct flights were diverted to Vancouver International a three hour drive North. Over 10,000 people who had taken direct flights from Wuhan to Canada crossed the border into Washington in the first two weeks in February alone. So we can thank our enlightened Canadian neighbors for helping to subvert President Trump's travel ban.
So much of what has happened in the last few months demonstrates why the government's power must be limited. This is the biggest overreach in our nation's history. Using creative accounting techniques, it is possible that 100,000 people will die with some connection to the coronavirus. Many like my brother-in-law were vulnerable because they were close to death already. He had a cancerous brain tumor and was on hospice care. His body was never tested, but by CDC guidelines his death was classified as “presumptive Covid-19”. The vast majority of those who have been counted here have been people already dying from some other health issue but classified as “presumptive”.
Sorry I got side tracked, my original point is even if there are 100,000 deaths associated with this... it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the 1,300,000 people who die from heart disease and cancer in this country every year.