Thursday, December 17, 2020

Jasmine Andersson - Why Sweden’s anti-lockdown strategy hasn’t worked as Covid-19 cases spike

 Since November, the country has been unable to ignore a significant spike in coronavirus cases


“Don’t go to gyms, don’t go to libraries, don’t host dinners. Cancel.” These words of warning issued by Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven marked a dramatic change in the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Previously, Sweden’s anti-lockdown strategy had been heralded as a victory for common sense by sceptics, with bars and restaurants open for business and people going about their normal lives, social distancing permitting.

As the country’s hospitals reach capacity, all evidence suggests Sweden’s outlandish approach has failed.


8 comments:

Peter Pan said...

Jasmine Pandersson - Why UK’s lockdown strategy hasn’t worked as Covid-19 cases spike

lastgreek said...

"Jasmine Pandersson - Why UK’s lockdown strategy hasn’t worked as Covid-19 cases spike"

UK lockdown strategy? A strict lockdown just went into effect a few days ago. Before it was just a pretend lockdown and why you had a spike in cases.

Peter Pan said...

Oh, so now it was a 'pretend' lockdown... Canada had a pretend lockdown too, judging from the spike in cases.

Why rag on Sweden when your own strategy has been a failure?

Peter Pan said...

Ho ho ho, Greece has passed Canada in the deaths/million ranks.
Greeks have always been great pretenders.

lastgreek said...

You're doing it again, PP -- you're implying something I never implied ;)


Of course, when we Canadians compare ourselves to the way Americans mishandled the pandemic, then...

lastgreek said...

"Ho ho ho, Greece has passed Canada in the deaths/million ranks.
Greeks have always been great pretenders."

It's not "ho ho ho" in Greece but "pp po po."

Shows us what you know about Greece :(

https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/po_po_po

Peter Pan said...

You were the one crowing how well Greece was handling Covid last spring.

Santa Clovid likes to punish naughty boys.

Peter Pan said...

Atlantic Canada is more like New Zealand, than the rest of the provinces who clearly mishandled the pandemic. Lets see if our bubble gets burst.