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In reply to the discussion: Anger in Sweden as elderly pay price for coronavirus strategy [View all]BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)24. Sweden drank the Kool Aid.
Some idiot decided the herd effect could be reached without a metric shit ton of people dying. Well - they got it wrong. Sadly its probably too late to flatten the curve now.
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My paternal Grandfather also died from the 1918 flu. He was about 33 my mother about 10.
katmondoo
Apr 2020
#10
having the elderly pay the ultimate price is a win-win from the point of view of many
beachbumbob
Apr 2020
#7
I have been warning my Swedish friends about this. They respond with the false sense of superiority
zonkers
Apr 2020
#14
Its probably a good thing, looking at it purely objectively, to have this "experiment"
LiberalLovinLug
Apr 2020
#19
The thing about Sweden is they are not doing this for the benefit of the planet
Steelrolled
Apr 2020
#20
Yes, we have a candidate who works towards fixing and completing Universal Health Care,
ehrnst
Apr 2020
#26
Yup. Germany and Switzerland got great universal coverage through a hybrid ACA-like system. nt
SunSeeker
Apr 2020
#32
Switzerland's population voted against a change to single payer a few years ago.
ehrnst
Apr 2020
#33
No, actually, you are incorrect in your use of that terminology. You seem to be confusing
ehrnst
Apr 2020
#36
Continued attempts to avoid admitting that one is mistaken on the use of one's terminology
ehrnst
Apr 2020
#47
Yes, you continue to move the goalposts, and you contintue to stonewall and attempt to derail
ehrnst
Apr 2020
#53
Actually, you continue to redefine the terminology and moving the goalposts.
TexasTowelie
Apr 2020
#48
I have no respect for Sweden...they allowed people to die without trying to save lives...I am
Demsrule86
Apr 2020
#23
And like here, immigrants, people of color are more affected since they live in dense housing.
SunSeeker
Apr 2020
#42
Elderly pay price in Sweden. Here, it's the young, and the generation to come.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Apr 2020
#52