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2020-08-14 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Sweden Hits COVID-19 "Triple Whammy": No Lockdowns, Low Deaths & Minimal Economic Damage

[Telegraph via Zero] Perhaps the biggest example of the Western media's inherent biases surrounding its coverage of Sweden's approach to tackling COVID-19. Plenty of media outlets decried the country's "massive" fatality rate compared to its lockdown-favoring neighbors, but failed to add the context necessary to see that the difference was only a couple thousand deaths, and that Sweden's per capita mortality rate was still lower than Britain's, and other countries that favored lockdowns.

When Anders Tegnell, the architect of Sweden's strategy, said during an interview that he would have done things "differently" if given a second chance, the Western press, including the NYT, rushed to frame this as an admission of guilt for failing to order the types of restrictive lockdowns seen in other European countries. Tegnell later clarified that this isn't what he meant at all.

What's more, in Sweden, deaths have declined nearly to zero. And since the country's economy has remained open this whole time, there's little risk of resurgence when whatever minimal restrictions are still in place are finally lifted.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-14 06:12|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 This is ugly and childish. And it mocks some people's religion.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-14 09:52|| 2020-08-14 09:52|| Front Page Top

#2 And... "Where's the graft in that?"

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-14 10:41|| 2020-08-14 10:41|| Front Page Top

#3 "Triple Whammy"? Would make more sense if the headline used "Trifecta".

Posted by Mercutio 2020-08-14 10:45|| 2020-08-14 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Good for Sweden. Eventually everyone is going to have to do what they did.

Posted by Tom 2020-08-14 16:09|| 2020-08-14 16:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Per capita Sweden reports 8 times as many deaths as Germany.

Posted by European Conservative 2020-08-14 22:59|| 2020-08-14 22:59|| Front Page Top

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