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Is Sweden’s No-Lockdown Policy Working? – TLDR News
The Coronavirus is one of the biggest crises in modern political history, and governments and institutions are scrambling to respond. Most countries opted to lockdown, limiting citizens’ contact to try and prevent spread but Sweden didn’t. Despite some minor changes a lot of Sweden is running as usual, which has people around the world interested – does the no-lockdown strategy work?
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1 – https://www.government.se/articles/2020/04/strategy-in-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic/
2 – https://www.ft.com/content/22302f60-95fb-11ea-af4b-499244625ac4
3 – https://www.france24.com/en/20200517-sweden-s-covid-19-strategy-has-caused-an-amplification-of-the-epidemic
4 – https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-economy/as-sweden-goes-it-alone-a-covid-19-survivor-and-trucking-boss-balances-risk-idUSKBN22D4KN
5 – https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus-herd-immunity.html
6 – https://www.ft.com/content/31de03b8-6dbc-11ea-89df-41bea055720b
7 – https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/29-april-who-briefing-trust-sweden/
8 – https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do
9 – https://ourworldindata.org/trust
10 – https://doi.org/10.1787/22214399 (P10)
11 – https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-economy/as-sweden-goes-it-alone-a-covid-19-survivor-and-trucking-boss-balances-risk-idUSKBN22D4KN
12 – https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus.html
13 – https://www.thelocal.se/20200420/coronavirus-will-sweden-ever-have-a-total-lockdown
14 – https://www.foreigner.fi/articulo/coronavirus/the-legal-reason-why-sweden-could-not-impose-lockdown/20200426195308005498.html
15 – https://www.thelocal.se/20200408/explained-what-swedens-new-government-powers-actually-mean-in-practice
16 – https://www.riksdagen.se/globalassets/07.-dokument–lagar/the-constitution-of-sweden-160628.pdf (Article 8, P68)
17 – https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2020/05/12/sweden-global-responses-covid19/
18 – https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus.html
19 – https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-economy/as-sweden-goes-it-alone-a-covid-19-survivor-and-trucking-boss-balances-risk-idUSKBN22D4KN
20 – https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/economy-finance/ip125_en.pdf (P13)
21 – https://www.ft.com/content/93105160-dcb4-4721-9e58-a7b262cd4b6e
22 – https://www.riksbank.se/globalassets/media/rapporter/ppr/engelska/2020/200428/monetary-policy-report-april-2020.pdf (P6)
23 – https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-economy/as-sweden-goes-it-alone-a-covid-19-survivor-and-trucking-boss-balances-risk-idUSKBN22D4KN
24 – https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
25 – https://www.france24.com/en/20200517-sweden-s-covid-19-strategy-has-caused-an-amplification-of-the-epidemic
26 – https://www.ft.com/content/22302f60-95fb-11ea-af4b-499244625ac4
27 – https://www.ft.com/content/a2b4c18c-a5e8-4edc-8047-ade4a82a548d
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@jedaki1832
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
'You can't have a second wave if the first one never ends'
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@user-wo7ju8vq6p
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Смотри швед война скоро!!!!!
Пророчества греческого старца Георгия о семи войнах
И ещё Пророчества старца элпидия о последних временах и о России
И ещё
Пророчества о России Турции и Греции апокалипсис
Смотри в интернете
@dritonramadani3835
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
You should make a followup. Their strategy didnt work.
@happygimp0
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
This is not the mortality rate. It is the rate of death of the tested people.
0.03% of total population is not that deathly, when you keep in mind that this are mostly people that will die soon anyway.
@vawan9160
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Suppression?? What a negative word to use. Very western philosophy where freedom/liberty is over-valued and idolised as their new "god".
Another thing, Sweden has a tiny population (10 million) and dispersed throughout a large landmast. Cold weather making travelling less comfortable unlike in Asia (cf Hubei city, Wuhan alone 11 million; Singapore 6 million, half foreigners).
Not thorough enough research and consultation in a globalised world, relaying perhaps on 1/2 "western/westernised" experts. I may be wrong, so I apologise in advance. I'm Malaysian.
@lynne3124
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
I am English and off to ebay to buy Swedish bunting to hang in my only 2 windows before that becomes illegal.
The nazis in ww2 took people away and pressured them until they became complicit with their rules.
Is this sounding familiar anyone.
So much misery and mass deaths to come from everything but covid!!!!
@kevil0922
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
It's my opinion this video was made for engagement rather that information. If it was made for information maybe it would have started with the fact presented in the conclusion. Maybe it would have also put Sweden's population into perspective as 8mil is not really a lot of people. Maybe it would have actually presented accounts of what people there have done differently, regardless of government advice? Did people start working from home? Did people stop going out? Also tourism was dead there I'm February, maybe this is worth keeping in mind? The 1.2% infection rate, is that low compared to what? An arbitrary 100%? What is a low infection rate normally? There's no perspective on that.
The biggest issue is that you present a number based conclusion, but then go on to ask people what they think. It's as if you run a math class, you show that 2+2=4, but at the very end you ask for people's opinions on whether 2+2=4 or 2+2=banana.
I was subscribed to the main channel, but this video shows me the direction and focus of the team has changed. Will unsubscribe now.
@alberpajares4792
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Man, nothing is working, but at least you don’t lose personal freedom so your politicians can save the neck..,
@banditpandit
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
What you missed is that – there are cases now of re-infection. If that is true, then good luck with Herd Immunity.
@alberpajares4792
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Well, covid and w.h.o. are testing the freedom values of our culture..,
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@pami333
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Wasn't there a study that stated that after testing people for antibodies a significant lower number than expected showed immunity? At least outside of Stockholm? The figures you mentioned seem to be not the ones for total Swedish cizizens but for those in Stockholm, released about the time the video came out.
For Göteborg only 3.7% was given as result after testing.
And these figures already had a correction factor as antibody tests require time after an infection. 20% was an axtrapolation based on different factors and only 'valid' for Stockholm. The tests showed that upon the 1000 tested people only 7.3% had antibodies at the time of testing at the end of April.
And with the raw data back when the video was released I would have had to say, no, the Swedish way wasn't all that successful. And even if the 20% were true for the whole country, I would not be sure if my answer would have been different.
But now September is coming, and to be honest, I haven't checked newer data and studies regarding Sweden. Maybe they showed that the immunity really was as high as calculated/extrapolated. Maybe they showed the opposite.
The high mortality would still be an all too high price, imo, and there's no guarantee that there won't be significant second wave.
More than that, especially upon those who did not take the virus serious, the 'Swedish Way' caused an outcry why other nations did not chose that way, too. Not taking in account, that most parts of Sweden aren't heavily populated which already creates a certain 'social distancing', at least outside the big cities.
Even if it woul have worked better for the Swedes, this doesn't mean it would have been possible in other countries.
And looking at the figures now shows one trend clearly. Those countries who payed the least respect to the virus or even denied it and its periloussness are the ones with the worst figures and the most harm done. Although they would have had some time to react after the virus reach Europe and showed its Power in Italy. And in this includes the UK.
@whackoization
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
I'll tell you why they went with this strat. Swedens law enforcement/government has no power over the people. They would not give 2 shits if the prime minister said "WE ON A LOCKDOWN BOIS". They would laugh and go out and party. You're welcome.
@equinoxeparabellum6776
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
We now know that immunity for this only lasts up to 3 months with many getting sick for a second time. Sweden make a big mistake by assuming there was immunity to covid 19. They got this wrong and many died as a result of this experiment on its civilians. It's paramount to manslaughter. The Swedish government need to be held accountable but I bet they blame their Scientists. The same mistake was also made in the UK when a government minister announced herd immunity but was quickly removed from his position once Scientists pointed out that to achieve herd immunity you needed to establish if there is such a thing and even if there was many would not only die but would be disabled for life due to this new disease.
@markhaus
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Denmark’s gdp drop was almost the same but they lost far fewer people
@samratacharya5522
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Fall of Mohan Bandhyopadhyay 'S Swedish & rise of Samrat Acharya's Finnish Christmas eve.
@magnuswettermark8293
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Bla..bla..the point is lockdown is totaly useless and pointless. This virus is here to stay! Some people gonna fix it and other dont. This idea to try slow it down is like stop a jumbojet with a pillow or something. Time to wake up people.
@timohornecke3041
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Curious to see how that "we have a high level of immunities" will fare now that we know that the immunity won't last
@olivierbeltrami
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
We will need to wait for at least a full year before we can judge if the Swedish response was the right one or not.
@bubba842
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
More per capita cases than the United States.
Looks like it is working great in Sweden
@jadwigabuczyk9474
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Your accent is annoying. To much blah,blah. Sweden are satanic globalist who cooperate with Illuminati Zionist who run the World. Everyone should do autopsy on dead from Covid-19 and than work on strategies. Alexov said COVID-19 does not have patterns and is like flu and NOBODY has died from that.
@PrivateSi
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
People bang on about 'socialist' Sweden but it's definitely a liberal capitalist economy with less socialism than say The US, with its huge police force and communo-fascist military arm, with the largest civil service in the world bar China. The UK is populated by too many demanding pussies on all wings. Elements of the Left and Right were against the lockdown, but the majority were like pathetic puffs and stupid little spoilt girlz.. The UK deserves to disintegrate now The Pussy-Puffs have destroyed the economy. Pussy-puffs should be wiped out of Britain. All they do is fuck and demand government do something… The more government does NOTHING, the better… If there's one thing these progressive, human-life-extenders need is a MASSIVE CULL of them, the sick and the elderly.
@d0rban
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
the approaches different countries are taking at all quite interesting—imo the only bad thing to do is to do nothing at all
@norbertk5400
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Sweden has the 7 highest death rate in Europe. Germany has 9,182 and 83,800,309 people. Sweden has 5,667 but only 10,000 people. Tourism is now big in Sweden from the UK because they don't want to wear a mask.
@mdoucet21
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
I would be interested in a short update of this as of July/2020
@-haclong2366
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
03:25 ¿Why would Dutch people trust our government? It has been run by Liberals for a long time, Liberals always try to shrink the government to "a watchman state" and believe that only "the invisible hand of the market" can solve issues, as long as Liberals are in government, it will be a minimalist pro-corporate anti-regulation nightmare.
@jorenthar9186
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
As a swede, I've quarantined myself to a degree since I have asthma. I order a lot more things than I used to as to go to a physical store. I only visit one if the thing I can only get from the store is running out, which is only about every 1,5-2 months thus reducing my exposure etc. I've also had to stop hugging people which is annoying.
@brandonwalker5011
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Its really easy to say that the US response is worse than almost any in Europe.
@ronalddelavega3693
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Sweden is clearly the way to go
@plerpplerp5599
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Sweden, whose softer approach to the coronavirus has garnered international attention, admits it has failed to adequately protect the elderly, with around half of COVID-19 deaths occurring among nursing home residents.
@irtwiaos
February 16, 2024 at 3:12 pm
This plan by Sweden did not age well considering recent studies showing herd immunity isn't a thing with Covid.