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]."
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]."