Nation Without Lockdown Has Most Deaths Since 1869

[Robert59]

Sweden's toll was more than 50K people in first half of the year, with 5,800 due to COVID

When the coronavirus outbreak began, Sweden went its own way. Instead of ordering a lockdown, the government asked its people for voluntary compliance with social distancing guidelines. Schools, restaurants, and bars stayed open. The results of the strategy have been mixed, with Sweden's death toll by percentage of population higher than nearby nations' but below that of Britain and Spain, for example. But in raw numbers, the government has now reported the level of loss: It recorded a total of 51,405 deaths in the first half of the year, the highest toll in the first six months since more than 55,000 people died in 1869 during a famine, per CNN. The figure is up about 15% over last year, and about 5,800 of the deaths are attributed to COVID-19.

https://www.newser.com/story/295194/nation-without-lockdown-has-most-deaths-since-1869.html

 

[squatting dog]

Sweden's toll was more than 50K people in first half of the year, with 5,800 due to COVID

When the coronavirus outbreak began, Sweden went its own way. Instead of ordering a lockdown, the government asked its people for voluntary compliance with social distancing guidelines. Schools, restaurants, and bars stayed open. The results of the strategy have been mixed, with Sweden's death toll by percentage of population higher than nearby nations' but below that of Britain and Spain, for example. But in raw numbers, the government has now reported the level of loss: It recorded a total of 51,405 deaths in the first half of the year, the highest toll in the first six months since more than 55,000 people died in 1869 during a famine, per CNN. The figure is up about 15% over last year, and about 5,800 of the deaths are attributed to COVID-19.

https://www.newser.com/story/295194/nation-without-lockdown-has-most-deaths-since-1869.html

And, on the flip side of that coin.............
Peru had one of the earliest (March 16th) and longest (four months) lock downs. But it has the highest daily deaths per capita in the world now.
Once hailed as a COVID-19 “success story,” Peru is now the COVID-19 case study that lock down advocates no longer want to discuss. For months on end, Peruvians were largely forbidden from leaving their homes. The country began its lock down like many others, by cutting itself off from the rest of the world, closing its borders to outsiders, and shutting down the nation’s economy and society. Similar to policies seen in U.S. and Europe, only “essential” businesses were allowed to be open. Peru then took the shutdown a step further. The military has enforced a nationwide mandatory 10pm-4am curfew (some cities have lengthened the curfew to 8pm-5am), most “essential” stores are only open for a handful of hours a day (most grocery stores close at 3pm), and citizens face extreme penalties and legal consequences for failing to abide by the rigid restrictions.

 

[StarSong]

Peru is an extraordinary example of a horrifically perfect storm occurring in a developing nation.

Yes, their government closed borders early and citizens were told to stay home. But comparing Peru, a very poor nation where 44% have no refrigerators and so must food shop daily, to wealthy Sweden, is like comparing apples to oranges. Or Matchbox cars to Mack trucks.

https://time.com/5844768/peru-coronavirus/

 

[Sunny]

Tegnell said Sweden still doesn't recommend wearing face masks because that could encourage risky behavior, per the Financial Times. "Face masks can be a complement to other things," he said. "But to start with having face masks and then think you can crowd your buses or your shopping malls—that's definitely a mistake." (

So, they have an enormous death toll in Sweden due to not mandating normal health precautions, and then they come up with the asinine logic in the above quote?

That sounds like the news item I read a few months ago, saying that Diet Coke is a health hazard, because people who drink Diet instead of regular Coke feel free to eat more fattening desserts!

This guy Tegnell sounds like a total idiot. He will have all that illness and death on his conscience for the rest of his life. But he's probably rationalized his way out of it.