BLOOMBERG, NOVEMBER 26, 2020 Sweden’s herd immunity strategy has failed, hospitals inundated By Rafaela Lindeberg and Niclas Rolander – Swedish confidence in the nation’s strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic has slumped, with concerns over capacity in the health-care system now almost universal. A poll by DN/Ipsos published on Thursday showed that 82% of Swedes are either “somewhat” or “very worried” as to whether their …
Read More »Tag Archives: Sweden coronavirus
Unwelcome. Denmark and Norway exclude Sweden from tourism safe zone
PortandTerminal.com, May 29, 2020 Norway and Denmark say they will open up tourism between their two countries from 15 June but will exclude their neighbor Sweden. STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s experiment with handling the COVID-19 pandemic failed and now its neighbors have been forced to exclude them as they reopen regional tourism in June. Norway and Denmark will allow tourists to …
Read More »Sweden pays the price for bad COVID19 decisions. Highest death rate in Europe.
REUTERS, MAY 19, 2020 A failed virus management strategy? Sweden tops Europe COVID-19 deaths per capita over the last seven days. STOCKHOLM – Sweden, which has opted for a more open strategy in combating the virus than other European countries, has the highest number of deaths in Europe per capita from the COVID-19 disease over the last seven days, data …
Read More »Sweden was stupid to ignore social distancing. Now thousands are going to die
BLOOMBERG, APRIL 4, 2020 Sweden’s death rate per capita is 4 times that of its neighbor Norway where a tougher coronavirus lockdown is in place. Sweden has largely ignored common sense, proven measures to reduce the transmission of the virus. Thousands of Swedes are going to die as a result. By Niclas Rolander and Charles Daly – There are signs that the death …
Read More »