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Sheepdog

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Dec 1, 2015
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That's an absolutely inaccurate picture of what Sweden did or is doing.

They are interacting at a rate around 30% of what they did prepandemic.

They socially distanced and shut themselves down at an individual level.

Stockholm's antibody exposure is the same as London. There's lots to take from here but one of the problems for the Sweden support is that they are not getting the herd immunity while simultaneously running a far higher per capita death rate then Finland or Norway for instance.




I'm all for discussing different responses to this virus. They're a pros and cons to lots of interventions including the social harms of forced policies.

But your description is pure fairytale talking points.
And Sweden's economy is possibly more fucked than any other comparable country too. We will have to wait until 3rd quarter GDP data is released to see its recovery.
 

BeardOfKnowledge

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Jul 22, 2015
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And Sweden's economy is possibly more fucked than any other comparable country too. We will have to wait until 3rd quarter GDP data is released to see its recovery.
I get the impression that anyone's global facing economy is going to be pretty fucked given how global the economy is. I also have a sneaking suspicion that the stigma that was stuck on Sweden probably didn't help.
 

Qat

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Nov 3, 2015
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Stockholm's antibody exposure is the same as London. There's lots to take from here but one of the problems for the Sweden support is that they are not getting the herd immunity while simultaneously running a far higher per capita death rate then Finland or Norway for instance.
Also a higher per capita death rate than the US so far.

Deaths per 100k:
1.UK 70
2.Spain 61
3.Italy 58
4.Sweden 57
5.US 51
6.Brazil 50
(*) Germany 11

And let's not forget, Sweden has a healthier population normally.
What are these goofs in the UK doing tho?
 

madmav

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Jan 29, 2016
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today is the funeral and services for my girlfriend's mother who passed away from the virus.. people who don't think this is real or some common cold shit.. remember if your family member goes to the hospital.. it could be the last time you ever see them. one of the last phone calls we got from the mother was her asking to come home due to the hospital being overcrowded
 

Qat

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Nov 3, 2015
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today is the funeral and services for my girlfriend's mother who passed away from the virus.. people who don't think this is real or some common cold shit.. remember if your family member goes to the hospital.. it could be the last time you ever see them. one of the last phone calls we got from the mother was her asking to come home due to the hospital being overcrowded
Stay strong dude.
 

Splinty

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Dec 31, 2014
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What do you make of Houston's own Carol Baker from the CDC video?
Anti-vaccination is more an American thing than a white people thing. Those immigrants will likely adopt some level of their new culture if they move into anti-vaccination enclaves like the PNW, dumping her weird solution.
 

BeardOfKnowledge

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Jul 22, 2015
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Early stuff showed its heat labile but could be frozen and unfrozen okay. I haven't looked it back up since April/May when that stuff was all the rage.
Yeah, a Google doesnt give me much beyond "cold temperatures dont kill it" I thought 300 plus degrees below 0 might be a different story.
 
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Funny how you Canucks can't recognize your own people. I can hear your goofy accents right away

"Most recently this weekend, there was a gentleman up towards Huntsville getting gas in his vehicle, and two gentlemen approached him and said, 'you're American go home.' And he said, 'I'm Canadian. I live here.' And they literally said, no, we don't believe you show us your passport," Phil Harding, the mayor of nearby Kuskoka Lakes, told CP24.

 

BeardOfKnowledge

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Jul 22, 2015
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Funny how you Canucks can't recognize your own people. I can hear your goofy accents right away

"Most recently this weekend, there was a gentleman up towards Huntsville getting gas in his vehicle, and two gentlemen approached him and said, 'you're American go home.' And he said, 'I'm Canadian. I live here.' And they literally said, no, we don't believe you show us your passport," Phil Harding, the mayor of nearby Kuskoka Lakes, told CP24.

This is what happens when the media paints Americans as selfish dummies.
 

Splinty

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Dec 31, 2014
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This is what happens when the media paints Americans as selfish dummies.

Introspective and self-conscious Americans have been putting Canadian flags on their backpacks for decades. As such anytime we send a good American out to the world we give you the credit. We aren't real good at doing ourselves any favors.
 

BeardOfKnowledge

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Jul 22, 2015
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Introspective and self-conscious Americans have been putting Canadian flags on their backpacks for decades. As such anytime we send a good American out to the world we give you the credit. We aren't real good at doing ourselves any favors.
Those Americans have (at least in Western Europe) ruined that for Canadians.
 

Rambo John J

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Jan 17, 2015
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Anti-vaccination is more an American thing than a white people thing. Those immigrants will likely adopt some level of their new culture if they move into anti-vaccination enclaves like the PNW, dumping her weird solution.
From what I can tell most people in PNW are all about vaccines. Not sure it is the enclave you think it is.

What about her quotations about "educated people" and "pieces of paper on their walls"? How about the "get rid of all whites who don't support vaccinations"? Those were the entertaining parts to me...she comes off like a real piece of work.
 

nuraknu

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Virus shutdowns/less tourism lead to economic struggle but also elephant baby boom in Kenya -- 140 born so far, including two sets of twins.
 

Sheepdog

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Dec 1, 2015
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Those Americans have (at least in Western Europe) ruined that for Canadians.
Americans are loudmouth assholes but they don't even register a mention in the cunt tourist P4P list. More annoying than downright destructive like some others.

Aussies and Brits are far worse P4P.