In the Coronavirus Fight in Scandinavia, Sweden Stands Apart

Sweden is the only country in Europe without a face mask requirement...

Sweden can’t figure out what the rest of the world knows about face masks
https://bgr.com/2020/12/05/coronavi...s-in-sweden-surging-but-no-face-mask-mandate/
  • Despite the trends in the latest global coronavirus update, Sweden is still resisting the policies pursued in much of the Western world to fight the pandemic — like lockdowns and face mask mandates.
  • No surprise, the country’s death rate from the coronavirus is ticking upward, even though some health officials there think face masks wouldn’t be helpful in reducing it.
  • The World Health Organization in recent days expanded its suggestions for when and where face masks should be worn to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
As the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded throughout this year, Sweden has stood, if not alone, then as a clear outlier among nations that have raced to implement tough restrictions and even lockdown measures, along with face mask mandates to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

The latest coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins University shows that, globally, more than 65.5 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide since the onset of the pandemic, along with more than 1.5 million deaths from the virus. Yet unlike many nations, Sweden has steadfastly resisted a lockdown strategy as well as a face mask mandate, preferring instead to let its citizens continue about their lives while encouraging them to act responsibly. So, how’s that going? Well, on Thursday, deaths in the country had jumped above 7,000, one day after the World Health Organization expanded its guidelines for when and where face masks should be worn.

“Face masks may be needed in some situations,” Sweden’s chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said at a news conference on Thursday, with that slight, barely-there acknowledgement of the efficacy of face masks in stark contrast to the clear evidence that they save lives.

“Those situations have not arisen in Sweden yet, according to our dialogue with the (healthcare) regions. WHO is clear that the state of evidence for masks is weak. All studies so far suggest that it is much more important to keep your distance than to have a face mask.”



Per Reuters, the 35 new COVID-19 deaths recorded on Thursday in Sweden brought the country’s total to 7,007. In terms of cases, Sweden recorded another 6,485 on Thursday, compared to 7,240 daily cases two weeks ago.

Also on Thursday, the Royal Academy of Sciences — which awards Nobel prizes — warned that Sweden should reverse course regarding its resistance to recommending that its citizens wear face masks to keep themselves safe from the virus. The Royal Academy of Sciences issued a report saying that, among other things, face masks can help reduce the spread of coronavirus infection, especially indoors.

They must be taking advice from GWB-Trading who said face masks dont work.

Tell me how masks worked out in China. A country where many people wore masks in public even before COVID-19. A country where a greater percentage of the population wears masks then Japan or South Korea.

Didn’t work out well for China, eh.
 
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They must be taking advice from GWB-Trading who said face masks dont work.

Let's once again explain to you the context of the thread you took the very old second post from. The context of the thread that masks alone are not effective without broader COVID measures to address a pandemic. Nor does the common use of masks within a society stop the spread of a pandemic in the early days when the authorities are denying and hiding the situation like they did in China.

Others can go back and read it to educate themselves.
 
They must be taking advice from GWB-Trading who said face masks dont work.
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This is how full of shit you are...

Using your now preferred data... John's Hopkins
Sweden is doing better today than Germany.... in terms of deaths per million.


Willl that last... I don't know...
You are the one who needs to stop declaring nonsense without data.




https://ourworldindata.org/coronavi...othing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc









Enjoy your fantasy. Deaths in Sweden are rising rapidly.... the country is now implementing restrictions and is locking down.

You need to stop spreading fake nonsense.
 
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This is how full of shit you are...

Using your now preferred data... John's Hopkins
Sweden is doing better today than Germany.... in terms of deaths per million.


Willl that last... I don't know...
You are the one who needs to stop declaring nonsense without data.




https://ourworldindata.org/coronavi...othing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc

At stated by the government of Sweden - deaths are rapidly rising.

Back in early November the 7 day average of deaths was about 5 per day -- now it is over 50 per day in a mere 4 weeks.

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https://ourworldindata.org/coronavi...othing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc
 
While they were rising... not sure about right now.

You have been harping on how poorly Sweden is doing.


So its you who have been spreading the fake nonsense..
Remember how you got yourself all bent out of shape about the official data.

Well even using your preferred data... Sweden is doing better right now than the EU and many other EU countries.




https://ourworldindata.org/coronavi...othing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc



At stated by the government of Sweden - deaths are rapidly rising.

Back in early November the 7 day average of deaths was about 5 per day -- now it is over 50 per day in a mere 4 weeks.

xXtqPt2.jpg


https://ourworldindata.org/coronavi...othing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc
 
While they were rising... not sure about right now.

You have been harping on how poorly Sweden is doing.


So its you who have been spreading the fake nonsense..
Remember how you got yourself all bent out of shape about the official data.

Well even using your preferred data... Sweden is doing better right now than the EU and many other EU countries.




https://ourworldindata.org/coronavi...othing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc

Every day the Swedish government is harping on rising deaths and hospitalizations while adding more restrictions. Trying to claim you are "not sure about right now" is idiotic.

Sweden has been fairing poorly. Their own government has stated they completely failed. They have regions on the country out of ICU beds begging for help.

Sweden is certainly not doing better than its direct neighbors.
 
Look at the data asswipe...


Even using your preferred data... which is not the official data deaths per day have not been rising but going down in since December 2.

look for yourself...

a 7 day average of 5.9 vs 4.9.

That is not rising rapidly...
Which is why I said I don't know.

You certainly don't.



https://ourworldindata.org/coronavi...othing=7&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc




Every day the Swedish government is harping on rising deaths and hospitalizations while adding more restrictions. Trying to claim you are "not sure about right now" is idiotic.

Sweden has been fairing poorly. Their own government has stated they completely failed. They have regions on the country out of ICU beds begging for help.

Sweden is certainly not doing better than its direct neighbors.
 
I'm trying to think of the worst pizza to send to Gnus to remind him, this is all connected to the real world. Of course something like broccoli and pineapple would just go in the bin.. Pepperoni would represent covid but Gnus is so basic he would enjoy that and diet coke, maybe with just too much extra pesto? You might try pepperoni and pesto and probably won't like it...

Tricky.
 
Every day the Swedish government is harping on rising deaths and hospitalizations while adding more restrictions. Trying to claim you are "not sure about right now" is idiotic.

Sweden has been fairing poorly. Their own government has stated they completely failed. They have regions on the country out of ICU beds begging for help.

Sweden is certainly not doing better than its direct neighbors.

Stockholm healthcare chief calls for help from public as ICUs reach 99 percent capacity

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An intensive care worker in a Stockholm hospital. File photo: Staffan Löwstedt / SvD / TT
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9 December 2020
15:28 CET+01:00
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9 December 2020
16:29 CET+01:00

The intensive care units in the Swedish capital region Stockholm reached 99 percent capacity on Tuesday for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, as the region's head of healthcare called on all Stockholmers to follow recommendations more strictly.

As of Wednesday, there were 83 patients with Covid-19 in the region's intensive care units, a slight fall from 89 on Tuesday.

"That is equivalent to the total number of intensive care places which we have available normally," said Björn Eriksson, healthcare director for the region, at a press conference. Stockholm has made more intensive care places available during the pandemic, but on Tuesday, these approximately 160 care places reached 99 percent capacity, including Covid-19 and other patients.

Eriksson said Stockholm's healthcare workers were so overworked that he had formally asked the National Board of Health and Welfare for specialist nurses and nursing assistants to be sent from other regions, and has asked private health caregivers to make their staff available too if possible.

And he said that while the healthcare system was working to make places available, there were "not large margins", partly because the winter has meant more people are seeking care for other emergencies.

He noted this was in general a good thing, because early intervention can reduce the total amount of care needed and the overall risk to health when it comes to issues like heart problems – but called for help from everyone living in Stockholm.

There were more Covid-19 patients in intensive care in spring, reaching a peak of 230, but the healthcare system was able to cope with this thanks only to huge efforts such as an emergency field hospital, pausing some non-essential care, and other crisis measures.

Right now there are no plans to reopen the emergency field hospital, with Eriksson telling the TT newswire: "We can get the capacity that the field hospital would offer in the existing healthcare facilities in Stockholm. We have shown that we can scale up earlier. But now we have colleagues who have worked in this way for a whole year and are of course having a very tough time."
'Everyone needs to follow the recommendations, not just 'many''

"Right now, 814 people are fighting in our hospitals to survive and recover," said Eriksson, referring to the total number of Covid-19 patients in hospital, not just intensive care units.

"It's enough now. It cannot be worth [risking increased illness and deaths] to have after-work drinks, to socialise outside your own household, crowding to do Christmas shopping, meeting for advent fika even if it's what we want to do. The consequences are awful.

"So I need help. Every parent, talk with your children – everyone can suffer serious illness [from Covid-19] even though it's more common for elderly people or those with underlying symptoms," he said.

"Help out by not only saying 'no' if you get an invitation to socialise outside your household, but also inform the person who invited you that it is a bad idea to have this kind of event at all."

He also urged those who had experienced serious illness from Covid-19 or who had worked in the healthcare sector to describe their experience to others, to show "what an awful disease this is".

"We need more people to understand that having a beer after work with some colleagues can have disastrous consequences. I know that many are working patiently to follow the guidelines and recommendations. But now we have to ensure that it is not only 'many', but everyone, who follows the recommendations," urged Eriksson.

He said that the current serious situation, and recent rise in coronavirus cases requiring hospital care was directly linked to people's actions.

"This shows that we Stockholmers have been in crowded environments too much, and had too many contacts outside the household we live in," said Eriksson.
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