- 'What we can learn from the Swedish paradox' Archived Message
- 'What we can learn from the Swedish paradox' - rippon August 15, 2020, 12:13 pm
- Responsibility of the Swedish left for Sweden’s COVID-19 tragedy - sashimi August 15, 2020, 6:48 pm
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- Responsibility of the Swedish left for Sweden’s COVID-19 tragedy - sashimi August 15, 2020, 6:48 pm
Posted by rippon
on August 15, 2020, 12:13 pm
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"Since its lockdown-free response to Covid-19, Sweden has suddenly found itself the pin-up nation for libertarians worldwide, who see in its more laissez-faire response a defence of individual freedom and self-governance above all else. But Sweden is not a libertarian society — far from it; in reality, they are sticklers for the rules." "the idea that Sweden’s approach was opposite to its neighbours is simply not true. In our interview with Norwegian health chief Camilla Stoltenberg, she was at pains to emphasise how similar to Sweden the short Norwegian lockdown was in reality, and in a recent interview the German health minister Jens Spahn insisted the German lockdown was “much closer to Sweden than Spain”. As for Denmark, many Swedes put that country’s rush to close borders in response to the pandemic down to the anti-immigration version of the Social Democrats who currently hold power there. And the list of European countries where there is still no facemask mandate and very few people wearing them includes Denmark alongside Sweden, Norway, Finland and Holland. Clearly, something cultural is going on." /full article: https://unherd.com/2020/08/why-sweden-is-different-when-it-comes-to-covid/ |
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