Quote Originally Posted by baggieal View Post
What are your thoughts on the measures in Sweden as it looks like infections are starting to increase although some do feel herd immunity could be a good thing as long as the elderly and vulnerable are protected.

I agree being fit helps - that said I know of a really fit tennis coach who didn't drink or smoke with no underlying health issues and he dropped dead of a heart attack in his forties! I also know some really really old folk who swear by a daily spirit! Any GP will say - red wine in moderation can be good for you!
I think it is the right way to go about it, on another thread I wrote something about it when Sweden are compared to other Scandinavian countries, copied in below - and in my earlier post on this thread I also shared my thoughts with global comparisons.

Agreed about a moderate intake of alcohol, although I do not always myself abide by that rule... 😎😇

From another thread:

There are other reasons to Sweden having more deaths than eg Norway and Finland. Our care homes for the elderly have been sadly neglected over the years, people who work there are orten not esp trained/skilled/educated, many work zero hour contracts, and generally have poor working conditions. In Norway homes for the elderly are more like nursery homes with better qualified staff, better possibilities to seal off wards that have been infected etc.

A majority of our deaths are of Somali and Iraqi descent, Finland have over the years almost zero immigration.

Then, the overall view here is to look at the bigger picture, and also take into account how many deaths and health problems lock downs and similar measures cause, many believe they’d cause more, and I tend to agree.

Then, the international media picture sometimes say ”Sweden haven’t done anything, everything goes on as usual” - well, that’s simply not true.

Some countries with early and severe lock downs have been hit really hard, eg Belgium.

This is very complex and there is no way now to know about ”the best and most correct way to go about it”.

And, yes, I do blame China