Re:Vilified early over Covid-19 strategy, Sweden seems to ha...
by pessimizer on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @05:23PM
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> So, what you are saying, is that compared to say, the US, Sweden has been subjected to a truly draconic lockdown.
Exactly. Coronavirus truthers point to Sweden only as an example of a country that avoided a catastrophe despite not instituting a lockdown, then change the subject when you talk about what Swedes actually did do that they are also not going to do.
It fits under the standard argument "We don't need to do [X] when [Y] would work just as well. We're also not going to do [Y]."
Re:Vilified early over Covid-19 strategy, Sweden seems to ha...
by boxed on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:20PM
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People get criminally charged for gross bodily harm or intent to commit gross bodily harm. It's not "tyranny" to ban knowingly spreading a plague more than it's "tyranny" to knowingly kill someone.
So, what you are saying, is that compared to say, the US, Sweden has been subjected to a truly draconic lockdown.
Edit: I'm not sure I understand the karmic sentiment. In the US, closing movie theatres and requiring patrons to wear masks was controversial.
Being criminally charged for going outside would be considered tyranny - so it's a little odd to hear that Sweden is given as example of a less-locked down country.