life still feels kind of normal in the
Stockholm coffee shop like it was before
Ovid 19 you can place your order and
then chat with a friend sitting a table
or two away so I feel like our customers
are actually following the guidelines so
they are keeping the distance and
they're very like not seeing so close to
each other
Sweden has not done what most Canadian
provinces have there are no states of
emergency and businesses have not been
ordered to close to enforce social
distancing and halt the spread of the
infection not only are some restaurants
still operating
so our schools and daycares I follow up
the expert session and the people in
charge they take the decisions the idea
of trusting each other and trusting the
government is what Swedes believe set
them in their kovat 19 strategy apart
from others in Europe and the world
deputy state epidemiologist Anders
Wollaston is one of the policies
architects there is culture and
tradition and and in Sweden this is the
way we usually work and we continue to
work with this during this crisis as
well increasingly those Swedes are
questioning whether something stronger
than trust is needed professor Cecilia
Soderberg McClure is an infectious
disease specialist one of 2,000
prominent doctors who've signed a
petition urging stronger measures I
think that all other countries that are
closed down are going to be able to
manage their health care problems better
the critics note Britain initially tried
something similar and then abandoned the
strategy when it became evident the
health care system would be overwhelmed
and in Stockholm that's what everyone is
watching for now in Stockholm it's very
hard pressure so we are still struggling
is to stay ahead of the cold pandemic
and so far we have succeeded but for how
much longer
Sweden has seen a spike in fatalities
now with over three times more deaths
per capita as Norway next door which is
essentially locked down
yes because just now we've seen that the
virus has spread to a lot of homes for
the elderly and that's not a good
situation so yes I am worried it's going
to take too long time and the problem is
that this virus is spreading so fast
which means that there are too many
people that get sick at the same time
and they collapse you collapse the
hospital so it just doesn't go together
I usually say that this virus is more a
dangerous virus for the society than it
is for the individual this weekend there
were signs a Swedish government's
commitment to its outliar plan may be
wavering the cabinet has asked
Parliament for sweeping authority to
impose strict lockdown type measures if
it comes to that before Swedes to keep
their distance Chris Brown CBC News
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