COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[hgblue]

Well you could say that, but without all of the detailed evidence to support such a conclusion, you'd be making a random unsubstantiated claim. A just as valid opinion would be that they took a calculated risk with peoples' lives and got away with it. Which IMO is a poor decision irrespective of the outcome, and incidentally also the view it would seem of nearly all other countries, if not all. And we're talking like they have got away with it. They haven't yet.

I would FAR rather that excessive measures proved unnecessary, than not enough measures resulted in countless extra deaths, and no more than an "oops sorry about that" to show for it.

If the Swedish authorities embark on a course of action based on the best available scientific advice and that course of action turns out to be correct, then they deserve credit for that decision. Is this really about Sweden or is it about this possibly calling into question the lockdown policy here?

 

[Chippy_boy]

If the Swedish authorities embark on a course of action based on the best available scientific advice and that course of action turns out to be correct, then they deserve credit for that decision. Is this really about Sweden or is it about this possibly calling into question the lockdown policy here?

These things are never black and white and it's not like there is universal agreement upon the best course of action. I think erring on the safer side is a better bet, but if you don't then that's fine. Luckily neither of us is making such decisions.

 

[BlueAnorak]

If the Swedish authorities embark on a course of action based on the best available scientific advice and that course of action turns out to be correct, then they deserve credit for that decision. Is this really about Sweden or is it about this possibly calling into question the lockdown policy here?

Spot on.
Multiply their numbers by 6 to equate to the UK. There numbers are still half ours though they are a week behind us.
They need a policy that is good for their nation. Not somebody elses. And they are doing the social distancing thing even when they go into bars, cafes and restaurants.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Journalists asking the same questions that have already been asked again and again.

they do not listen at all.

I think they’re told what to ask so the same message can be put across in these 17:00 press conferences.

The only time the government are put under any real questioning is on things like Andrew Marr on Sunday mornings and on Questiontime (how much better is QT without an audience, by the way?!)

 

[hgblue]

These things are never black and white and it's not like there is universal agreement upon the best course of action. I think erring on the safer side is a better bet, but if you don't then that's fine. Luckily neither of us is making such decisions.

Fair enough, worth bearing in mind that erring on the safe side is in itself not cost free. A recession will cost thousands of lives.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Spot on.
Multiply their numbers by 6 to equate to the UK. There numbers are still half hours

Ok, they must have got it right then???

FFS.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Ok, they must have got it right then???

FFS.

I'm not saying that.
They need policies that work for them and with a less densely populated country and without the knobheads we have, then just the social distancing thing may well work.
If it does, then good luck to them. They will have got through it without crashing their economy.
It clearly wouldn't work for us.

 

[kippax4ever]

Got to be honest, I moved to work in Sweden in 1998. It took me some time to get used to how touchy feely they were compared to the UK. At least the people I worked with.

Gropping

 

[kippax4ever]

Swedes are notorious fiends for massive amounts of personal space.

Exhibit a; (Photographs of Swedes waiting for public transport in normal times)

Exhibit b; (Excerpt from a handbook on Swedish social psychology, translated )

Just 1 question..
How big is the fking Bus..

 

[hgblue]

Got to be honest, I moved to work in Sweden in 1998. It took me some time to get used to how touchy feely they were compared to the UK. At least the people I worked with.

Maybe it’s just that you are particularly attractive and the Swedish ladies couldn’t keep their hands off you?