Our only hope, Sweden, is faltering

[syed putra]

Sweden rejects face masks as COVID cases soar, ICU beds fill up
Nov. 19, 2020 at 11:46 am Updated Nov. 19, 2020 at 11:50 am

Commuters get off a tram in Stockholm, Sweden, on Nov. 11, 2020. On Thursday,... (Bloomberg photo by Mikael Sjoberg) More
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Niclas Rolander
Bloomberg

Sweden’s health authorities reiterated their skepticism toward face masks on Thursday, despite evidence that the coronavirus is spreading rapidly through the country and putting more people into intensive care.
“We don’t see that we are at a point where we might recommend general use of face masks on public transport,” Karin Tegmark Wisell, head of the Public Health Agency in Stockholm, told reporters on Thursday. “Face masks shouldn’t be used as an excuse not to keep a distance.”
The policy has drawn sharp criticism from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Economics. It published a statement earlier in the day in defense of masks.
“In order to reduce transmission quickly, we should use all tools at our disposal, and that includes face masks and improved ventilation,” Staffan Normark, microbiology professor and chairman of the Academy’s expert group, said in a statement.
Sweden, which has a much higher COVID-19 death rate than other Nordic countries, has so far avoided a lockdown. The country has instead relied on voluntary measures in an effort to get Swedes to stay far enough apart to avoid infecting each other.
But the latest infection rates show the strategy is faltering, and Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has stepped up his rhetoric to urge people to do more, or face a “really dark” winter with the virus.
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On Thursday, the number of coronavirus cases in Sweden soared above 200,000, and 6,340 have died after being infected with the virus. The number of COVID-infected people in intensive care beds doubled to 182 over the past fortnight.
Earlier this week, Lofven took what he called the “unprecedented” step of banning public gatherings of more than eight people. From Friday, no sales of alcohol will be permitted after 10 p.m.
The Academy says it supports the World Health Organization’s advice to wear masks, keep rooms well ventilated and keep a physical distance from other people.

 

[kaninabuchaojibye]

boss leong says sweden bestest ok
why u no believe guruleong

 

[Leongsam]

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Those that are ill and or dead, do they have any other conditions? N do they die with the wuhan virus or from the wuhan virus? Infections rate increases are not the end in itself. Just like flu

 

[knowwhatyouwantinlife]

Its only coming to the end of autumn

 

[Hypocrite-The]

It seems till date. The fear of the virus is worst than the virus itself..n till date an educated populace is no guard against stupidity, human emotion and greed.

To me this is a real pandemic whereby a majority of the patient die or get seriously ill due to the virus n not with the virus.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Sweden rejects face masks as COVID cases soar, ICU beds fill up
Nov. 19, 2020 at 11:46 am Updated Nov. 19, 2020 at 11:50 am

Commuters get off a tram in Stockholm, Sweden, on Nov. 11, 2020. On Thursday,... (Bloomberg photo by Mikael Sjoberg) More
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By
Niclas Rolander
Bloomberg

Sweden’s health authorities reiterated their skepticism toward face masks on Thursday, despite evidence that the coronavirus is spreading rapidly through the country and putting more people into intensive care.
“We don’t see that we are at a point where we might recommend general use of face masks on public transport,” Karin Tegmark Wisell, head of the Public Health Agency in Stockholm, told reporters on Thursday. “Face masks shouldn’t be used as an excuse not to keep a distance.”
The policy has drawn sharp criticism from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Economics. It published a statement earlier in the day in defense of masks.
“In order to reduce transmission quickly, we should use all tools at our disposal, and that includes face masks and improved ventilation,” Staffan Normark, microbiology professor and chairman of the Academy’s expert group, said in a statement.
Sweden, which has a much higher COVID-19 death rate than other Nordic countries, has so far avoided a lockdown. The country has instead relied on voluntary measures in an effort to get Swedes to stay far enough apart to avoid infecting each other.
But the latest infection rates show the strategy is faltering, and Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has stepped up his rhetoric to urge people to do more, or face a “really dark” winter with the virus.
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On Thursday, the number of coronavirus cases in Sweden soared above 200,000, and 6,340 have died after being infected with the virus. The number of COVID-infected people in intensive care beds doubled to 182 over the past fortnight.
Earlier this week, Lofven took what he called the “unprecedented” step of banning public gatherings of more than eight people. From Friday, no sales of alcohol will be permitted after 10 p.m.
The Academy says it supports the World Health Organization’s advice to wear masks, keep rooms well ventilated and keep a physical distance from other people.

If face mask works. There will be no 2nd n 3rd wave virus...so why are there blow outs in other countries that wear face mask like nip land n hongkie land?

 

[Leongsam]

Those that are ill and or dead, do they have any other conditions? N do they die with the wuhan virus or from the wuhan virus? Infections rate increases are not the end in itself. Just like flu

The overall mortality rate in Sweden will be lower this year compared to recent years. This shows that Covid has not caused any excess deaths.

 

[syed putra]

So its true then. The whole thing is a scam. There is a virus, but most died naturally from normal circumstance if annual death rate is below average this year.