Sweden and Covid 19

 The results of Sweden's attempt  to invoke the "third way" of dealing with COVID 19 are less restrictive financially but have resulted in more deaths than other countries that have common borders with Sweden.  

A total of 5918 deaths out of 103,200 cases as of 10/19/2020.  Sweden's population is about 10.2 million people.

Hospitality and kindness are positive values as is "everything in moderation" and egalitarianism.

Sweden has been the poster child for herd immunity. 

From the New York Post:

But the country’s public health agency has said this week that it will start giving authority to local regions that are experiencing outbreaks to instruct residents to avoid certain public spaces, such as shopping centers, concerts or sports games.

“It’s more of a lockdown situation — but a local lockdown,” Johan Nojd, who leads the infectious diseases department in Uppsala, which is experiencing a rise in cases, told the Telegraph.

Sweden has seen new cases rising higher since early September, climbing to more than 106,000 since the pandemic began, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.

Anders Tegnell — Sweden’s equivalent to Dr. Anthony Fauci — defended the decision not to mandate face coverings in the country, which also resisted lockdowns, leaving most schools, restaurants and businesses open.

How this and most every public health issue is handled has consequences.  And so it goes with: smoking, heart disease, aids, drug abuse, black lung disease, suicide, homicide, and unintentional injuries and COVID 19.

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