Covid Rates in Wales - have the greater restrictions worked at all?

[TWGL1]

I agree, hospitalisations and deaths are what matters most...

But...

The point of stopping us going to the football, the bar, making us WFH etc etc is to stop the spread.

England has been more liberal and it potentially doesn't seem to have made much difference.

If you look at Sweden the answer would be to follow them, but nobody ever mentions them. Yes it’s a large unpopulated country but many of the cities populations per sq KM is similar to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Canton Kev]

If you look at Sweden the answer would be to follow them, but nobody ever mentions them. Yes it’s a large unpopulated country but many of the cities populations per sq KM is similar to Wales ��������������

Why Sweden? The most similar countries to Sweden are their Scandinavian neighbours.

Per capita, their deaths are 6x higher than Norway’s and 5x higher than Finland’s.

[TWGL1]

Why Sweden? The most similar countries to Sweden are their Scandinavian neighbours.

Per capita, their deaths are 6x higher than Norway’s and 5x higher than Finland’s.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful...34948211047137

You would think every country in the world would have the same rules , but even in the Uk we don’t , that’s what’s baffling

[az city]

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful...34948211047137

You would think every country in the world would have the same rules , but even in the Uk we don’t , that’s what’s baffling

I don't think they are that similar. Have you looked at the variation in population densities?

[jon1959]

If you look at Sweden the answer would be to follow them, but nobody ever mentions them. Yes it’s a large unpopulated country but many of the cities populations per sq KM is similar to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Sweden to introduce stricter restrictions including work from home mandate

Stricter pandemic measures are to be introduced in Sweden in response to a rising number of Covid cases and pressure on hospitals, the prime minister has said.

“The situation has deteriorated, without doubt. The level of infections in Sweden is at a historically high level,” Magdalena Andersson told a news conference, according to Reuters.

The new measures include a work from home mandate where possible and a cap on the number of people allowed at public events. Restaurants will have to close at 11pm and guests will have to be seated and in groups no bigger than eight people. Adults are also being asked to limit social contacts indoors.

The measures will be evaluated after two weeks, but are expected to be in place for at least four weeks.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/li...08ad63cf67466f

[TWGL1]

Sweden to introduce stricter restrictions including work from home mandate

Stricter pandemic measures are to be introduced in Sweden in response to a rising number of Covid cases and pressure on hospitals, the prime minister has said.

“The situation has deteriorated, without doubt. The level of infections in Sweden is at a historically high level,” Magdalena Andersson told a news conference, according to Reuters.

The new measures include a work from home mandate where possible and a cap on the number of people allowed at public events. Restaurants will have to close at 11pm and guests will have to be seated and in groups no bigger than eight people. Adults are also being asked to limit social contacts indoors.

The measures will be evaluated after two weeks, but are expected to be in place for at least four weeks.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/li...08ad63cf67466f

They are not the best , but definitely not the worse ,that’s all , and a more favourable strategy allowing for social responsibility.

Sweden has been both praised and vilified for its “light touch” stance during the pandemic, but with a second covid winter approaching, how do its experts rate the country’s pandemic control now, asks Marta Paterlini

“Swedish statistics do not differ from other European countries,” Anders Tegnell, the state epidemiologist who has been the face of Sweden’s infamous pandemic strategy, tells The BMJ.

“After two years of pandemic Sweden does not stand out. We are not the best, but we are definitely not the worst.”

In contrast to the stricter, often lockdown focused, approaches of many European countries—including its neighbours in Scandinavia—Sweden’s strategy has relied on individuals taking responsibility under non-binding recommendations.1 In the first six months of the pandemic, the government enacted extensive work from home measures for those that could, as well as remote learning for over 16s.

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n3081