In the Coronavirus Fight in Scandinavia, Sweden Stands Apart

[jem]

Covid Deaths per day lower still in Sweden
and still lower than gwBe-lyings model country for Covid response.

yet he still pushes the fear propaganda.
And he fricken lies about the facts...

What a piece of shit... life hating sob.
Its people like him who are destroying lives and businesses.

he was focused on deaths for a while...
when those improved he focused on infections.
when those improved he focused on infections in local areas
when those improve he posts fearful shit about future third waves from politicians and figureheads.







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

 

[UsualName]

Sweden tightens restrictions to avoid third coronavirus wave
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/europe/2021-02/25/c_139764666.htm

The government of Sweden has decided to tighten the coronavirus restrictions to ward off a looming third COVID-19 wave.

Under the new rules announced on Wednesday and effective March 1, all restaurants, cafes and bars in the country will have to close by 8:30 p.m. Currently, hospitality establishments must stop serving alcohol at 8 p.m. Restaurants offering takeaway services are exempt from the new restrictions.

"The situation in Sweden is serious," Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said when the restrictions were announced in a joint press conference with the Public Health Agency of Sweden. "We have a high spread of infection and it is increasing. Also, the mutated virus variants make the situation even more worrying. There is a great risk of a third wave."

"What happens next is not dictated by fate, it depends on your and my actions," he said.

The number of people allowed in shops, malls and gyms will also be lowered. Under the current rules, the establishments must provide at least ten square meters for each customer. Furthermore, stores should encourage customers to shop alone.

No sports competitions besides those on an elite level are allowed under the new restrictions. At present, matches and competitions are allowed for children born in 2005 or later. This rule had, however, been abused, said Johan Carlsson, director general of the Public Health Agency.

"Competitive sports have become widespread and children will no more be allowed to play matches," Carlsson said.

By Wednesday, 647,470 COVID-19 cases and 12,793 deaths had been confirmed in Sweden. The rate of infection has also started to increase in several regions of the country.

As the world is struggling to contain the pandemic, vaccination is underway in some countries with the already-authorized coronavirus vaccines.

Meanwhile, 255 candidate vaccines are still being developed worldwide -- 73 of them in clinical trials -- in countries including Germany, China, Russia, Britain and the United States, according to information released by the World Health Organization on Tuesday. Enditem

So, does this mean Sweden is a “lockdown” country?

 

[gwb-trading]

So, does this mean Sweden is a “lockdown” country?

The Prime Minister and King of Sweden have both stated multiple times that the country's previous COVID approach completely failed. Now the country is using federal level restrictions to stop COVID -- aligned with policies of other European "lock-down" nations.

 

[wrbtrader]

The Prime Minister and King of Sweden have both stated multiple times that the country's previous COVID approach completely failed. Now the country is using federal level restrictions to stop COVID -- aligned with policies of other European "lock-down" nations.

Here's a contrasting concern between Sweden and Japan.

Sweden has talked more about its fear of the new variants of Covid-19 that are able to evade immune system defenses whereas Japan's fear seem to be little about the variants but more about having an Olympic Games...

It's a contrast because both are talking about "more restrictions". Yet, Sweden is the one considering doing a "lockdown"...most likely due to the recent rise in the number of infections although I don't think the infection increase merit a lockdown unless Sweden knows its more related to the new variants.

Yet, if Sweden returns up to the 500 - 600 area on the graph...they will do a lockdown for the first time especially if the sudden increases in the infections is related to the new variants of Covid-19.

wrbtrader

 

[jem]

It is sad how you shoot the messenger when you don't like the message
and then uplift the messenger when the message serves your purposes.
(you don't care about a figurehead king in Sweden... you are so full of shit.)

You are manifestly lacking any sort of moral code or integrity.

You just push fear and are part of life destruction for obviously selfish reasons.

The Prime Minister and King of Sweden have both stated multiple times that the country's previous COVID approach completely failed. Now the country is using federal level restrictions to stop COVID -- aligned with policies of other European "lock-down" nations.

 

[LacesOut]

The Prime Minister and King of Sweden have both stated multiple times that the country's previous COVID approach completely failed. Now the country is using federal level restrictions to stop COVID -- aligned with policies of other European "lock-down" nations.

Oh the King said so??
Ohhhhhhh.
Sweden was the model.

 

[gwb-trading]

Sweden hesitates to use new Covid lockdown laws as infection rate leads western Europe
The number of new infections in Sweden has shot up for two weeks running, its per capita rate now leading Western Europe again
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...s-use-new-covid-lockdown-laws-infection-rate/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/richard-orange/

 

[wrbtrader]

Sweden hesitates to use new Covid lockdown laws as infection rate leads western Europe
The number of new infections in Sweden has shot up for two weeks running, its per capita rate now leading Western Europe again
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...s-use-new-covid-lockdown-laws-infection-rate/

Sweden Infections has inched higher while Japan has dropped lower in comparison to the last chart I posted.

As you've noted about the consecutive days of increasing new infections.

Yet, as I stated with the prior graph, if Sweden returns up to the 500 - 600 area on the graph...they will do a lockdown for the first time especially if the sudden increases in the infections is related to the new variants of Covid-19.

wrbtrader

 

[gwb-trading]

Moving beyond federal restrictions; full lockdown coming.

Sweden has U-turned on several of its coronavirus measures and is now facing its first lockdown, warns PM
https://www.businessinsider.com/swe...own-as-covid-19-restrictions-tightened-2021-2

• Sweden announced a further tightening of measures this week as its COVID-19 cases continue to climb.
• The country could also be facing its first lockdown, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven warned this week.
• New infections have prompted Sweden to gradually abandon its unique approach it first adopted.

Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven warned this week that the country is facing its first lockdown since the start of the pandemic as it seems unable to control its rising coronavirus case numbers.

The country, which famously relied on mostly voluntary measures during the pandemic, has been forced to gradually tighten its distinct approach after it's seen a rise in cases in the last two weeks.

On Thursday, Sweden reported more than 4,800 new coronavirus cases and 40 deaths — the highest since the beginning of the month, according to a John Hopkins University's tracker Sweden has recorded more than 659,000 cases since the start of the pandemic.

"We are seeing an increase in cases again, we need to take new measures," Lofven said at a press briefing on Wednesday, according to Bloomberg. "If the situation gets worse, the government is prepared to enforce a possible lockdown in parts of Sweden. Hopefully, that will not be needed."

Sweden has been scrambling to get its rising cases under control for several weeks now. In December, the government issued its first recommendation to wear face masks — a topic that was largely taboo in the country.

One month later, Sweden closed its borders with neighboring countries Norway and Denmark and also introduced a law that would allow the government to close restaurants, shops, and public transport to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Measures were tightened even further this week, when Lofven announced that as of March 1, restaurants and cafés which do not serve alcohol will have to close at 8.30 pm and that there will be a limit on the number of people allowed in shops and gyms.

Restaurants in shopping malls will become takeaway only, and amateur sports will also be stopped, Lofven said.

The restrictions come not only as cases continue to rise but also as public health experts have indicated that the country's health system is now facing the virus's new variants.

Anders Tegnell, the architect of Sweden's initial no-lockdown response, said on Tuesday that it now seemed "almost inevitable" that the more infectious UK variant would become dominant in Sweden, The Telegraph reported. In Stockholm, it is already identified in 27 percent of samples tested.

A day after Sweden announced tweaks to its measures, the prime minister of neighboring Finland declared a three-week coronavirus lockdown starting March 8, which would see all restaurants closed and a maximum of six allowed to gather.

 

[wrbtrader]

.....Anders Tegnell, the architect of Sweden's initial no-lockdown response, said on Tuesday that it now seemed "almost inevitable" that the more infectious UK variant would become dominant in Sweden, The Telegraph reported. In Stockholm, it is already identified in 27 percent of samples tested.

A day after Sweden announced tweaks to its measures, the prime minister of neighboring Finland declared a three-week coronavirus lockdown starting March 8, which would see all restaurants closed and a maximum of six allowed to gather.

I'm surprised Finland has not closed their borders to Sweden with all the worries by health officials in Sweden about the growing infections via the UK variant especially with Stockholm, Sweden showing 27 percent of the infections to be via the UK variant.

Then again, I thought the borders were closed with Sweden and the UK unless they were open when the UK discover the variant of Covid-19.

In fact, the Scandinavian countries has used border closure very successfully against Sweden early in the Pandemic to prevent the crazy spread into their countries by the migrant workers that go back n forth...

Resulting in them outperforming Sweden against Covid-19 except I think Denmark made a mistake of opening their borders too soon with Sweden.

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