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发帖数: 29576 | 1 I Just Came Home to Sweden. I’m Horrified by the Coronavirus Response Here.
As a native Swede who has been based in the United States for the past 10
years and recently made a temporary return to my home country, I have found
it difficult to experience Sweden’s uniquely incautious yet self-assured
response, even if it hasn’t been entirely unpredictable. Sweden’s
problematic approach has many layers.
First, it continues to be very difficult to get tested for COVID-19—both
for active infection and for antibodies. The Swedish public health agency
Folkhälsomyndigheten has restricted testing priority to hospitalized
patients and people who work in health or elderly care “with suspected
COVID-19.” The agency says that patients experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
should not be prioritized for testing until they are hospitalized, and it is
not prioritizing testing of potentially asymptomatic health care and elder
care workers. Similarly, wearing facial protection, gloves, or any other
protective gear in public isn’t recommended either, and has been scorned,
even as most aspects of society have remained open with the small exception
of some mass gatherings. (Public events for more than 50 people have been
banned, and this past weekend saw the first closures of a few nightlife
establishments for not respecting social distancing.) That COVID-19 can be
spread asymptomatically, established months ago, has only recently been
reluctantly admitted by the public health agency. Up until then, Sweden’s
public health agency denied that this was a factor at all, although
international consensus was that it partially drives the pandemic.
Just as the U.S. and most of Europe were tightening restrictions, Swedish
bar owners were allowed to open their outside patios earlier than usual.
With some minor exceptions, Swedish bars, cafés, restaurants, clubs, and
stores remain open to this day. Sweden’s per capita death rate is now among
the highest in the world, above the United States and nearly six times as
high as some of our Scandinavian neighbors. Total deaths from COVID-19 in
Sweden are nearing 2,500, more than all but four American states’.
Swedes have done the least in Europe to change their movements according to
social distancing, anonymized mobility data from Google has shown. When I
flew into Sweden earlier this month from Los Angeles (a necessary trip—
taken while dressed in mask, gloves, and a Beastie Boys’ “Intergalactic”
–type faux hazmat suit), it was like arriving in an alternate universe. No
screening of any kind took place. There were no pamphlets about COVID-19
precautions. It was like COVID-19 had never left Wuhan, China.
What I quickly noticed during the ride to my Stockholm apartment was how
things seemed exactly normal for this time of year. Spring, when the Swede
wakes up from his winter depression and goes outside to manically face the
sun with closed eyes, was the same as it ever was. No one I could see was
minding social distance. Cafés were full to the brim, and people were
picnicking in parks, on the same blanket. And within the first few hours
back in Stockholm, I saw more handshakes and hugs in public than I had seen
in two months in Los Angeles, where I had seen none.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/sweden-coronavirus-response-
death-social-distancing.html | r******i
发帖数: 1445 | 2 那就回加州接受封锁吧。
或者自己在瑞典自我封锁，好像结果是一样的。。。
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【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: I Just Came Home to Sweden. I’m Horrified by the Coronavirus Response Here.
: As a native Swede who has been based in the United States for the past 10
: years and recently made a temporary return to my home country, I have found
: it difficult to experience Sweden’s uniquely incautious yet self-assured
: response, even if it hasn’t been entirely unpredictable. Sweden’s
: problematic approach has many layers.
: First, it continues to be very difficult to get tested for COVID-19—both
: for active infection and for antibodies. The Swedish public health agency
: Folkhälsomyndigheten has restricted testing priority to hospitalized
: patients and people who work in health or elderly care “with suspected
| D********r
发帖数: 135 | 3 虽说新冠专治不服，但它唯一无法治服的就是那些连死都不怕的了，瑞典就属于死就死吧
那种，新冠也没招。
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【在 T**********e 的大作中提到】
: I Just Came Home to Sweden. I’m Horrified by the Coronavirus Response Here.
: As a native Swede who has been based in the United States for the past 10
: years and recently made a temporary return to my home country, I have found
: it difficult to experience Sweden’s uniquely incautious yet self-assured
: response, even if it hasn’t been entirely unpredictable. Sweden’s
: problematic approach has many layers.
: First, it continues to be very difficult to get tested for COVID-19—both
: for active infection and for antibodies. The Swedish public health agency
: Folkhälsomyndigheten has restricted testing priority to hospitalized
: patients and people who work in health or elderly care “with suspected
| T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 4 瑞典算给全球做群免实验了，牛。
: 虽说新冠专治不服，但它唯一无法治服的就是那些连死都不怕的了，瑞典就属于
死就死吧
: 那种，新冠也没招。
: Here.
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【在 D********r 的大作中提到】
: 虽说新冠专治不服，但它唯一无法治服的就是那些连死都不怕的了，瑞典就属于死就死吧
: 那种，新冠也没招。
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