...The interesting part is the people of Sweden seem far less inspired and confident in their countries approach then some of these eccentric fans in the US. I don't see the point of it; just seems like nonstop griping. Don't take away Jem's beach time he'll get cranky and post about on the internet. Imagine how he'd react if a family member died die to Covid ?
Glad you mention how people feel...people that actually live in Sweden.
Swedish Health Officials and the Government did a survey about their Response to Covid-19...the chart below is a few months old. Thus, haven't found any updated chart here in October which would be interesting now that Sweden has been involved in border bans by other countries and Swedish people have had more targeted bans / restrictions / measures...three words used coming out of Sweden but they won't use the word lockdown eventhough they coined the term
"lockdown lite".
There's another chart that I posted earlier than the below chart...it shows that Sweden's citizen not as content. Simply, the below chart shows them LESS positive in comparison to the first chart.
The key for me is that I don't know what's causing the changes in the opinion of the Swedish people about Sweden's Covid-19 policy...is it because there's more targeted restrictions, more border bans from neighbouring countries, less verification of herd immunity ???
Nothing is mention about the
why each age group are becoming LESS positive. Seems to me whomever doing those surveys within Sweden know more info but intentionally not revealing the
why behind the data.
Regardless, there's a growing discontent regardless to the reason.
.....Only two people told us they would like Sweden to introduce less strict measures, with 77.1 percent preferring stricter measures than those currently in place, and the remainder saying they felt Sweden had got the balance right. A common trend was that a large number of readers were choosing to follow stricter guidelines from their home countries.
Several readers told The Local they felt more likely to move away from Sweden as a result of its handling of the crisis, with a few saying they planned to leave once the virus was over and international travel possible, and others already actively looking to relocate.
"I am seriously considering leaving the country as soon as this pandemic is over. Communication between Swedish and international researchers could have been better," said Alexander, a German-Korean citizen working in academia.
"There were many international researchers asking for more information on why the Swedish response is different from the rest of Europe, and replies from some Swedish colleagues dismissed concerns and deviating opinions as 'propaganda' or 'mis-information'. This is no way to treat those colleagues who have loved ones in countries worst hit by this pandemic right now, and who fear that the same will very soon happen in Sweden as well, because of an arrogant/ignorant/naive response by the government.
But others said their opinions of Sweden had improved due to the reaction to the virus.
"I trust more the authorities than before, particularly after reading reports from public health experts such as the World Health Organisations, press conferences from Singapore and Korea, and scientific journals. It's not the most ideal solution but it's the most logical," said an Indonesian reader who moved to Sweden in 2016.
"My view of Sweden changed positively. I like the lack of political decisions in Sweden. It's expert-driven," said Mischa, who works in Denmark but lives in Malmö. She added: "I tend to follow the Dutch guidelines, which are more strict."
And while she was not alone in choosing to follow a stricter self-isolation than advised in Sweden, several readers said they thought the policies from their own country would not necessarily be applicable in Sweden.
"I have decided I will follow the guidelines of the local government," commented Nishant, a student from India studying for a Masters in Public Health. "I have friends and family living in different parts of the world. I have recommended them to follow the guidelines of their local government. There cannot be a universal guideline to address this crisis as situations and conditions in every country differ so please do not try to copy others."
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After I read the above, I then found a more recent article that seems to be more informative and correlates with other articles that people that wear Face Masks gives them a false sense of security...leading to them not to do the other necessary things such as social distancing and hand washing.
By the way, I see the false sense of security here in Québec, Canada...the province that's giving Canada their recent bad statistics.
People here in Québec still do the following while wearing a face mask...
- Hugging with friends / not from your household, face mask kiss on both cheeks, hand shake with bare hands, pull down the face masks to have normal conversation with friends or within public places indoor, still have parties, still letting people into their home to socialize that are not part of the family instead of doing the socialization outside and many other things.
As I've stated many times...remove Québec from Canada's numbers...Canada will be one of the best performing countries. Yet, I'm very surprise with Ontario Province...not as bad as Québec but the culture is different.
Then again, I believe the 10 largest populated cities in Canada...7 of those cities are within the provinces of Québec and Ontario. Therefore, easier spread of the infection because people are living in very dense communities.
The good thing...we have very cold winters and people here enjoy outdoor winter activities along with less bars / cafe usage during the winter.
- Jem in error believes lockdown failed.
Lockdowns worked until schools re-open. Therefore, its the
re-opening that obviously failed and I didn't like how they were doing it here in Québec. I still remember teachers on the first day of school waiting outside at the entry door...
To
shake hands (bare hands) with students on the first day but everybody was wearing face masks.
P.S. I told my young teenagers to
not shake their hands...no matter who the person is...just politely say hello (Bonjour, Salut) and go inside. I filed a complaint immediately with the school board and the private school the same day.
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