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We had 657 deaths and over 42,000 new infections yesterday we are consistently one of the worst performing countries and this is September. Arizona had more new deaths and infections than China, this is a massive failure of leadership and people are using Sweden as a model, less restrictions life as normal.
Sweden's approach was a disaster, they even admit this, and their numbers are stark compared to their other Scandinavian peers that did take actions.
Sweden's situation was not worse due to things they were already doing, and the actions citizens took themselves without the gov mandates. Example is that 32% or so of people already worked from home, compared to under what was it, 3%, of people in the US. Businesses took actions as did people regards to social distancing for example.
Where Sweden really screwed up is where states like NY did, in that they did jack squat for nursing homes, which were the most vulnerable to this disease. Sweden actually went further and even banned the use of masks and other preventive measures in nursing homes, which was an astonishing and baffling move, just as Cuomo's actions forcing nursing homes to take infected patients.
Sweden is an example that has little relationship to the US. In Sweden all businesses are required to provide sick leave for two weeks at 80% of salary. In the Covid crisis, the government took over payment of it. Then the government waived the requirement to have a physicians note to use the sick leave. Also, almost 50% of all Swedes live alone; thus isolation works better. Then to cap it off, there are generous government housing subsidies making housing affordable. Add to that taxpayer funded health care and a healthier population there is maybe much we can learn from Sweden, but those who tout it are advocating socialist polices.
The other thing to remember about Sweden is that the decisions regarding a lockdown are not made by the PM, King or any elected authority. The Constitution gives that authority to the public agencies which are independent from the government in their daily business; this dates back to the political reforms taken in the Regeringsform of 1634. The elected government has no say in the matter.
More evidence that mask mandates and lockdowns only prolong the pandemic. Of course, that's what the Democrats have been doing (masks and shutdowns) just because they think it helps them politically.
If you view humans as expendable for economic purposes.
Sweden had 10x as many deaths per capita as Norway and Finland.
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