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[–] Obrez ago
Sweden proved nothing, they all behaved pretty responsibly, had very few initial cases and Sweeden has an immensely lower population density than michigan. Look at how and where the virus flourished high fatality is directly in line with infection rates in a given locale and infection has almost no upper limit and R0 is more bound by geographical distance than normal limitations to spread. My count has had fewer than 300 confirmed cases and we have 3 cities in one county but those cities are low density the whole county might have a million people, probably closer to 900k. Sweden is more analogous to Maine, mostly white, mostly intelligent, takes directions well, millions of people but the with some of the lowest population density cities in europe and the culture is already one that practices what we're calling social distancing.
Sweeden might be cold but the sun is out and high in the sky for quite a long time. Sweeden has few tourist traps or much of any reason for the world to visit and spread the disease.
[–] nonanonanon ago
Maybe Sweden looked like Maine (before commies like the mayor of Portland fuck that up too) 30 years ago. Take a look at the numbers now. Maine 95% white; Sweden 80%
[–] Masaze 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Stockholm is as densely populated as New York City, it has far fewer cases with no lockdown.
If the lockdown worked, they should have far fewer cases, not more cases. The lockdown is an extreme response that isn't getting extreme results beyond violating human rights and cratering the economy.
Also, if being white means you know how to wash your hands and stay 6 feet away from other people, why should any white have their human rights violated so that your pavement apes can just ignore any type of order you put in place.
Everything is wrong about the lockdown, but it isn't even working, it's just punishing white people and rewarding parasites