Personally, I consider the we’ll-get-sick-and-die-until-we-finally-become-immune approach as only a last resort. History has shown that vaccines save MILLIONS of lives that would otherwise be lost. The estimated death toll worldwide from Smallpox during its reign of terror is between 300 and 500 million people. Because of the vaccine, the last identified/reported case of Smallpox anywhere in the world was on October 26, 1977, in Merka town, Somalia.
Thanks for posting the graphs.
Beyond the death and hospitalizations, there’s also long covid to consider. A study out of Sweden shows that 1 in 10 health care workers who were relatively young and healthy have long covid.
Another side effect of the pandemic. Sperm shortage.
That dramatic difference runs over the better part of the year. It is even more stark when you look at other cross-national areas. Neighbouring countries in the per capita case table on Worldometers are tending to similar numbers - eg the cluster Bosnia, Czechia, Slovakia, Montenegro, Bulgaria are all experiencing similar rates. Unsurprising with long, largely arbitrary land borders and close cultural ties.
Yes, they have well and truly fucked up. I find it hard to believe that this can be a recent revelation to Swedes, esp those in leadership.
And to think there’s a whole container load of it stuck in the Suez Canal.
Finally. FINALLY.
I’m so proud to say this, guys, but after months of battling again other countries, notably Turkey and Cyprus of late, Sweden can finally say they have the worst rolling 14 day average of new cases in the whole of Europe.
WE DID IT! WE’RE NUMBER ONE!
HEJA SVERIGE!
What data source are you looking at?
Dagens Nyheter, one of the biggest newspapers in Sweden, has a live blog where they track it. You can find it at the bottom of this link. You’ll see a map of Europe and a slider so you can check previous dates.