Kommentar: De svenske politikere og myndigheder fortsætter med at agere som politiske ledere i et facistisk dikatur: De ofrer de ældre og svage, som ikke har mulighed for at tage til genmæle og protestere, og de svenske medier og journalister forholder sig ikke kritisk til den dybt beskæmmende situation.
The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn’t Be a Model for the Rest of the World
However, the high infection rate across the country was the underlying factor that led to a high number of those becoming infected in care homes. Many sick elderly were not seen by a doctor because the country’s hospitals were implementing a triage system that, according to a study published July 1 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, appeared to have factored in age and predicted prognosis. “This likely reduced [intensive care unit] load at the cost of more high-risk patients”—like elderly people with confirmed infection—dying outside the ICU.” Only 13% of the elderly residents who died with COVID-19 during the spring received hospital care, according to preliminary statistics from the National Board of Health and Welfare released Aug.