Oh cool, so since my chances of dying of covid-19 in my early 30's are relatively low, we can sacrifice young'uns like me while this elder Swedish expert barricades himself behind closed doors. The situation in Sweden is NOT equivalent to that of the US; we have no universal healthcare, insufficient testing, and ever-increasing cultural ignorance regarding covid. Yeah, I'm not going out until things seriously change. It's incredibly unfortunate how much this disease disproportionately targets the least privileged of us, especially with no universal healthcare. We're only beginning to quantify this, but we already know that minorities are the hardest hit. The racists may think that their superior white genes are to thank. Boy, do they seem hellbent on proving their ignorance in every way possible. Someday, when this is all over, I'll be in Uppsala for a bit. Maybe we can have a meetup!
Yesterday in the Guardian ... Since then pressure has mounted on the government to explain how, despite a stated aim of protecting the elderly from the risks of Covid-19, a third of fatalities have been people living in care homes.
She argues that the reason why Sweden has a much higher number of cases in care homes than in Norway and Finland is not because of the homes themselves, but because of Sweden’s decision to keep schools and kindergartens open, and not to shut restaurants or bars.
Sounds like our Swedish expert has some 'splainin' to do.
Well it may be that Sweden's best response is what he's outlining, because conditions there are so different. To me, there's not really a question that here, in the 'states, his unHERD (I almost commented on that too) immunity scheme is no longer feasible.