OK, here goes. Discussing coronavirus is a difficult subject. Asking questions about things that the government or some health experts claim are facts means that you are sometimes called a pariah, yet there are many questions or shall we say inconsistencies that need to be explained.
Example 1, the science behind the stadium bans which I asked questions about on the other forum. Is there really a science/risk based evidence argument for banning stadiums yet leaving airports open and flights a free-for-all? I'm very doubtful of that personally.
Example 2 might be the argument behind facemasks. The Chief Medical Officer told us they were a waste of time initially. Then they became mandatory. However, they're not mandatory in shops in Wales - just England. Does that mean mask wearing is just a political decision in England and not actually a medical decision? Again I don't understand the reasons for the differences I just know that they exist and again nobody asks about it.
Example 3 Deaths. What proportion of the population that died were vulnerable anyway to any disease? The reports I read in the paper suggests that an overwhelming majority of healthy individuals don't die from covid. I even saw an Oxford professor, Heneghan, say the same thing. if you're under 60 and have no health problems the virus isn't a threat to you. Even Trump who's what - a 70 year old man- seems to have recovered quickly, in what 3 days? Even if it isn't a full recovery - although how he made it up all them steps to the white house if he hasn't fully recovered I don't know - it's clear it's not as bad as supposed (which is what justifies all these restrictions).
So here's what I'm getting at: fear. This is where Sweden comes in. I'm not talking about it's lack of restrictions. What Sweden is doing (and has got right in my opinion) is that it is not scaring its people. People are still spending, people are going to work, going to church, people are enjoying their lives meeting friends and family and all the rest. Yet all of this seems in mortal jeopardy in this country and that is what I oppose most of all. All we get is more doom predictions of hospitals meltingdown, christmas being cancelled, deaths, schools closing, jobs lost, claims of selfish people not obeying rules. Why can't we just discuss Covid (as a country I mean - not here on this board) without trying to scare the living daylights out of people? Let's not resort to calling people dangerous for asking questions when in many cases the reasoning is flawed or the science isn't clear one way of the other. Let's not report our neighbours to the police because there were 7 people in someone's garden and not 6. That's why Sweden appeals to me. It is a beacon of hope over fear.
