www.svtplay.se
Actually you don't have to follow "allmänna råd", if you don't though you are at greater risk of breaking laws and provisions.
They are pretty toothless and I guess it's complicated to enforce them to my understanding.
www.nationalreview.com
Having spoken to shop owners down here, they seemingly haven't noticed any reduction in the usual uptick in tourists from Stockholm. The bike shop I was in said that they were, if anything, more busy than they normally are around Easter. And while the official art trail has been cancelled, there's no shortage of advertisments in the local papers for private art exhibitions, restaurant offerings and other activities. I just have to wonder how selfish one has to be to travel from the country's hotbed of infection to less affected areas, when it's well known that you don't even have to show symptoms in order to be infectious.
On a related note, I've always loved being outside, but also always try to avoid encountering people when I am. Maybe that has skewed my perception compared to normal people who don't really mind meeting other when out and about, but you'd think that considering how large "nature" is, it would be easy to avoid rubbing elbows in these expectional times and spread out a bit more. But nope. Apparently it's impossible for some people to go anywhere lacking tables, benches, toilets, trails and info boards. Which means that people still congregate in a few select spots and ignore the rest of the countryside. Case in point:
Sweden is being cynical or naive. Most likely cynical in doing the assessment that it will not be possible to suppress the virus until a vaccine is available. Thus mitigation is the logical solution since suppression now will only delay deaths until the fall and not much will be gained. This is my interpretation of the situation mind you not the official line according to the government.
But why Sweden and not Norway for example?
I'm guessing that we're just not very fascist/authoritarian in Sweden and there is no legal way to enforce a lock-down in Sweden in peace time. Also there is also the fact that Sweden has not been at war for 200 hundred years so we're prone to think we'll be fine either way.
UK literally had the same stupid ass idea, we're now at 1000 deaths a day. It's a bad idea and was always a bad idea.
This is not about being fascist authoritarian (unless you believe the other european countries are like that).
Fyledalen, near Tomelilla, Österlen. It's a large wooded area tied together with a network of small gravel roads, and it's also a popular bird watching spot. But what I've photographed is the "hub" of the area as far as visitors are concerned, and if you search for Fyledalen on Google Maps this is the exact location you'll end up with. It's also the only spot with parking, toilets, benches, and info boards. So that's where people tend to congregate. Which has always been great for me, personally, because it means that I get the rest of the area for "myself" and won't meet anyone else, but it's less optimal in terms of limiting COVID-19 because everyone's bundled together.
While I think Sweden isn't doing enough, we won't know for sure what approach will work out the best for at least a year probably longer.
"Lagom" might as you say play a role but that doesn't change that government enforced lock downs are a severe infraction of our freedoms. As such lock downs seem authoritarian to me, especially when coupled with moved elections that have happened in some countries. There is something to the "Freedom is not free" saying and it doesn't seem as though the world at this time is willing to pay that much.
You're making a dumb comparison. Canada had their first confirmed death March 20th, Sweden had their first confirmed death March 11th.
Yeah it's an interesting problem. There are probably some measures that don't have much effect and maybe we'll learn more as nations start easing things. Maybe just bans on large gatherings are enough (if you don't have large scale public transport) to keep things manageable.
Deaths in Sweden for the last 10 days:
www.expressen.se
I mentioned it to note why the numbers of deaths for the day in media and the numbers on the chart don't match.
Canada is population dense in the parts where people actually live. For most people who live in Canada, the population density they're used to is in the hundreds or even thousands per square kilometer, which is right on par for Europe.
Then compare it to Poland, they had the first death afaik only 1 day apart but Poland is on the very other end of the spectrum in regards to reacting to Covid-19, i.e. Sweden almost doing nothing and Poland reacting very fast with strict measures even before the first death. Sweden currently has 4 times the death with 1/4 of the population. That said, as some posters said it will be a long time until we will be able to understand the full outcome of the different reactions but for now Sweden is absolutely seeing more death compared to countries with stricter policies.
Saying "absolutely" seems premature considering your own Canada example.
I don't think this comparison holds, with this uncertainty you could always pick data points to make any argument. In the end the total death in Sweden has almost doubled in these last 3 days and I am afraid they still have the worst in front of them. The current daily death rate is roughly 4 to 5 times higher then Denmark looking at the last couple of days.
Noone is throwing away people like garbage. That's bullshit. People dying is not bullshit, it's fact. Everyone of the 90000 people that die every year in Sweden has a cause of death, what are you willing to do to prevent those people from dying?
Sweden is doing a lot. It's also a marathon not a sprint. A total lockdown is hard to maintain for a year or more until there is a vaccine. But I won't pretend to know what's the right course of action. I just know sweden isn't just casually letting people die.
We can't do much more without there being essentially a total lockdown. Lot of people already angry and impatient for this to be over with. Not sure what change you're looking for.
Almost every other country is doing it.... you're not special.
