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Originally Posted by rpalumberi
No expert as well, however, we read that Sweden never shut down, required masks or social distance. Life went on as normal. If only ... After what we have been reading/seeing, not sure why anyone would trust the media or this administration. We're sure someone made a lot of money at our collective expense.
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You of course are aware that the decisions to shut everything down were made by/during the previous administration. That administration took great pride in "Operation Warp Speed" which pushed hard to develop a Covid vaccine faster than any other vaccine had been developed. It was experts selected by that administration that ran the response to Covid. The media dutifully broadcast live all the news events produced by that administration where the President and his experts expressed the administration's opinions and gave advice on the Covid emergency.
But you knew that didn't you? You were alive at the time.
Your comments about Sweden are also evidence of a lack of paying attention or just plain ignoring the facts. See the chart below showing death rates per million for Nordic countries. You might notice one nation, with blue lines had a very elevated fatality rate. Yup, the blue lines are Sweden. The death rate in Sweden was 10 times that of Norway in 2020, or 1000% higher.
In early 2020 Sweden closed senior high schools, restricted large gatherings, and asked its citizens to practice social distancing.
In 2021 the govenment of Sweden to its credit saw the numbers and instituted changes including vaccine passports, face masking, severely limiting social gatherings, etc.