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Originally Posted by beepbeep
As a Swede, I find this article quite balanced. We are neither disaster nor success story (yet). We messed up with nurseries, royally. And we did it differently. But we still might be right, especially when excess death are counted.
Our approach would definitely not work in US. There is no such trust in government.
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Thank you for your perspective. Two things:
1) When you refer to "nurseries," are you talking child care facilities and if so, can you please elaborate -- that's something new I've not seen. Or by "nurseries" do you mean "cares homes" or "nursing homes" for the aged? I'm assuming the latter as that makes the most sense, but wanted to confirm.
2) Part of what's truly remarkable about Sweden is that i) there was a plan, ii) the plan was moderate and reasonable and largely excluded masks (which per prior research had been determined to be ineffective for viral epidemics) , and iii) your country appears to have embraced the plan despite the hysterics that swept the rest of the world (hysterics which continue despite significantly lower COVID fatality and hospitalization rates in most regions).
When one further considers that Sweden's outcomes are not outside the normal distribution other countries (or states -- like NY, NJ or Massachusetts) that enacted far more draconian measures, it's hard not to be impressed with Sweden's outcome. Sure, sure, your neighbors including Norway and Finland had better mortality, but some might consider the UK, Belgium, France, Spain and Italy as European neighbors which fared similar or worse despite more aggressive (and futile?) actions.