Daily COVID Deaths in Sweden Hit Zero, as Other Nations Brace for More Lockdowns

[Leongsam]

Daily COVID Deaths in Sweden Hit Zero, as Other Nations Brace for More Lockdowns​

Sweden isn't in the news much these days. There's a reason for that.

Thursday, July 22, 2021​

Image Credit: Frankie Fouganthin, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Jon Miltimore​

Politics Sweden Pandemics Laissez-Faire COVID-19 Europe


More than 100,000 people flooded streets in France over the weekend and multiple COVID vaccination centers were vandalized as opposition grew to the government’s most recent pandemic strategy. In President Emmanuel Macron’s latest incarnation of lockdowns, government officials have decreed that unvaccinated individuals will no longer be allowed to enter cafes, restaurants, theaters, public transportation and more.
Needless to say, people were not happy.

France’s approach is unique, but it’s just one of many countries around the world imposing new restrictions as fears grow over a new variant of COVID-19. Australia’s recent restrictions have placed half the country under strict lockdown—even though a record 82,000 tests had identified just 111 new coronavirus cases—while restaurants in Portugal are struggling to survive amid newly imposed restrictions.

One country not making much news is Sweden.

Sweden, of course, was maligned in 2020 for foregoing a strict lockdown. The Guardian called its approach “a catastrophe” in the making, while CBS News said Sweden had become “an example of how not to handle COVID-19.”

Despite these criticisms, Sweden’s laissez-faire approach to the pandemic continues today. In contrast to its European neighbors, Sweden is welcoming tourists. Businesses and schools are open with almost no restrictions. And as far as masks are concerned, not only is there no mandate in place, Swedish health officials are not even recommending them.

What are the results of Sweden’s much-derided laissez-faire policy? Data show the 7-day rolling average for COVID deaths yesterday was zero (see below). As in nada. And it’s been at zero for about a week now.

Even a year ago, it was clear the hyperbolic claims about “the Swedish catastrophe” were false; just ask Elon Musk (also see: here, here, and here). But a year later the evidence is overwhelming that Sweden got the pandemic mostly right. Sweden’s overall mortality rate in 2020 was lower than most of Europe and its economy suffered far less. Meanwhile, today Sweden is freer and healthier than virtually any other country in Europe.


As much of the world remains gripped in fear and nations devise new restrictions to curtail basic freedoms, Sweden remains a vital and shining reminder that there is a better way.

 

[Leongsam]

Sebastian Rushworth M.D.

Does it make sense to vaccinate those who have had covid?​

One of the strangest things about the last few months on planet Earth has been the relentless drive to vaccinate everyone, regardless of what their individual risk from the virus is, and whether or not they’ve already had the disease. It was well known long before covid came along that people who have had an infection are usually at least as well protected as those who get vaccinated. The whole point of vaccination is, after all, to mimic infection so as to stimulate immunity. If you’ve had measles, you don’t need to take the measles vaccine. If you’ve had hepatitis A, you don’t need to take the hepatitis A vaccine. If you’ve had chickenpox, you don’t need to take the chickenpox vaccine. Yet if you’ve had covid, you should supposedly still take the covid vaccine. Strange.

The obsession with vaccinating everyone is particularly odd in a situation where access to vaccines is limited and the stated goal is to reach herd immunity as quickly as possible, since wasting time vaccinating people who have already had the infection will inevitably delay the time it takes for a population to reach herd immunity.

Yet many people who should know better have been happy to play along with the “everyone needs to be vaccinated” mantra, in spite of the fact that it runs counter to the stated goal of governments and public health agencies. Many doctors had covid during 2020, yet they were more than happy to stand at the front of the line and take the vaccine in late 2020 and early 2021, even though they knew (or should have known) that they were almost certainly already maximally protected from the virus, and that taking the vaccine would inevitably mean a delay in vaccination of those who had not yet had the infection.

A few months back I wrote about a study, published in The Lancet in April, that showed a 93% decreased risk of re-infection in people who had already had covid. That would make prior infection equivalent to the most effective vaccines, in terms of its ability to protect against covid (which is as we would expect).

For those who remain unconvinced that prior infection is at least equivalent to vaccination, however, a very interesting study was recently posted on MedRxiv. This was a retrospective cohort study of the 52,238 employees of the Cleveland Clinic, who were followed from December 16th 2020 (when the Cleveland Clinic started vaccinating its staff) until May 15th 2021. The objective of the study was to compare the relative rates of infection between four groups of employees: Thos who had had covid and been vaccinated, those who had had covid but not yet been vaccinated, those who had not had covid but had been vaccinated, and those who had neither had covid nor been vaccinated.

A PCR test was used to diagnose covid in the study. The Cleveland Clinic was not engaging in any screening of asymptomatic staff during the study period, so tests were in almost all cases carried out when participants developed symptoms suggestive of covid. In other words, the method used to diagnose covid in this study was equivalent to the method used in most other studies, and also the method that is used in the real world.

So, what were the results?

There were 2,139 new covid infections among the 52,238 participants. In other words, 4.1% of the participants in the study developed covid during the five month period. 99.3% of these infections were among participants who had neither had covid nor been vaccinated. The remaining 0,7% were among participants who hadn’t had covid but had been vaccinated.

2,579 participants had already had covid at the start of the study. Not a single one of them developed covid during the five month period. This includes both the 1,229 with prior infection who were vaccinated, and the 1,359 who weren’t. What that means is that prior infection was associated with a 100% reduction in the relative risk of infection. That was true regardless of whether the person with prior infection was vaccinated or not. Vaccination did not provide any additional benefit to those who had already had covid.

What can we conclude?

Prior infection is highly effective at protecting against covid. There is thus no need for people who have already had covid to get vaccinated. When governments do vaccinate people who have already had covid, they are wasting taxpayers money and putting people at risk of side effects for no good reason.

 

[nayr69sg]

Hey @Leongsam I hope that this covid debacle proves once and for all that doctors and the medical profession are a bunch of idiot yes men follow guidelines, follow law, most cases blindly, chicken shit cowards (mostly) and do mostly whatever the politicians or health ministers tell them to do.

 

[Leongsam]

Hey @Leongsam I hope that this covid debacle proves once and for all that doctors and the medical profession are a bunch of idiot yes men follow guidelines, follow law, most cases blindly, chicken shit cowards (mostly) and do mostly whatever the politicians or health ministers tell them to do.

They need to earn a living so they just follow the protocols they are instructed to use. It's the same with every profession. If you take a stand against the governing body you will pay a price.

 

[nayr69sg]

They need to earn a living so they just follow the protocols they are instructed to use. It's the same with every profession. If you take a stand against the governing body you will pay a price.

Well yes and no.

Case in point I had a patient today who was angry. She said she asked for me to call her earlier but I did not.

Story goes she went to her friend's party during the heatwave and smoked her friend's marijuana through a bong and felt dizzy and saw rainbows and fainted. She was fine a few hours later. Her friend suggested she go to the ER the next day to "get checked out". The ER did CT scan and checked her blood and ECG all good. But they were concerned it could be a seizure. So took away her licence to drive a car till she was cleared by neurology. She asked the dr how is she gonna do groceries and other errands without a car as she lives alone and "has nobody". Dr replied "I dont care".

So she's pissed. She takes it out on me. Says the Drs need better communication skills.

I asked her what was she wanting from me if I had called her earlier? She goes she just wants information so she can process. She wants to know if she did anything wrong.

So I do the usual chicken shit say what you wanna hear. Yeah you did nothing wrong. I think it was maybe the THC, friend's pot too strong. Or Hell maybe just the bloody heat. Not seizure although I wouldn't be able to clear her to drive. Yadda Yadda.

Calms her down a bit. And she goes "I come from a family of medical professionals so I respect drs...."

Anyway she was pissed the Dr said "I dont care". And she thought that by saying she "had nobody" the dr would activate some program where people would help her buy groceries ferry her around the city etc. I told her there is no such thing.

I also told her I personally have never taken away anybody's driving licence even when there were good reasons when I should have simply because no patient would ever be happy having their freedom to drive a car taken away from them against their will. No amount of "communication skill" will ever make a person mad with anger for having their licence taken away from them .....happier......

But the doctor has a duty. His or her job is to also consider safety of the public. The greater good.

She goes on to say that doctors should be more like me rather than the ER dr anyhow taking away her licence as she "knows herself and knows it was not a seizure".

I told her it is the other way round. The ER dr is doing the right thing. Take away the licence first. Let Neurology do the EEG and consult to clear for seizures then decide on safety to drive. It is in the transportation laws.

What I am doing and other so called "good doctor" is actually chicken shit way out bull shitting pretending and lying to make the patient happy and keep fingers crossed no accident happens and no one dies.

On the flip side, if the patient complained to the CPSA about the Dr who said "I dont' care" he would get shit for that and have to go for remedial communication course and what not.

So......who's doing the "good' thing?

Depends who you ask. And depends who's asking.

I think in medicine the problem is the governing body does NOT support the regulated members either. That is the difference.

 

[Leongsam]

Well yes and no.

Case in point I had a patient today who was angry. She said she asked for me to call her earlier but I did not.

Story goes she went to her friend's party during the heatwave and smoked her friend's marijuana through a bong and felt dizzy and saw rainbows and fainted. She was fine a few hours later. Her friend suggested she go to the ER the next day to "get checked out". The ER did CT scan and checked her blood and ECG all good. But they were concerned it could be a seizure. So took away her licence to drive a car till she was cleared by neurology. She asked the dr how is she gonna do groceries and other errands without a car as she lives alone and "has nobody". Dr replied "I dont care".

So she's pissed. She takes it out on me. Says the Drs need better communication skills.

I asked her what was she wanting from me if I had called her earlier? She goes she just wants information so she can process. She wants to know if she did anything wrong.

So I do the usual chicken shit say what you wanna hear. Yeah you did nothing wrong. I think it was maybe the THC, friend's pot too strong. Or Hell maybe just the bloody heat. Not seizure although I wouldn't be able to clear her to drive. Yadda Yadda.

Calms her down a bit. And she goes "I come from a family of medical professionals so I respect drs...."

Anyway she was pissed the Dr said "I dont care". And she thought that by saying she "had nobody" the dr would activate some program where people would help her buy groceries ferry her around the city etc. I told her there is no such thing.

I also told her I personally have never taken away anybody's driving licence even when there were good reasons when I should have simply because no patient would ever be happy having their freedom to drive a car taken away from them against their will. No amount of "communication skill" will ever make a person mad with anger for having their licence taken away from them .....happier......

But the doctor has a duty. His or her job is to also consider safety of the public. The greater good.

She goes on to say that doctors should be more like me rather than the ER dr anyhow taking away her licence as she "knows herself and knows it was not a seizure".

I told her it is the other way round. The ER dr is doing the right thing. Take away the licence first. Let Neurology do the EEG and consult to clear for seizures then decide on safety to drive. It is in the transportation laws.

What I am doing and other so called "good doctor" is actually chicken shit way out bull shitting pretending and lying to make the patient happy and keep fingers crossed no accident happens and no one dies.

On the flip side, if the patient complained to the CPSA about the Dr who said "I dont' care" he would get shit for that and have to go for remedial communication course and what not.

So......who's doing the "good' thing?

Depends who you ask. And depends who's asking.

I think in medicine the problem is the governing body does NOT support the regulated members either. That is the difference.

If I was a doctor I would simply say DON'T DO DRUGS, DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL, DON'T SMOKE, DON'T VAPE. Cycle 200km a week, do 20 minutes of meditation a day, eat a balanced diet and don't stress over stuff you have no control over.

I would then leave it to fate to decide what happens to me career wise.

 

[nayr69sg]

If I was a doctor I would simply say DON'T DO DRUGS, DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL, DON'T SMOKE, DON'T VAPE. Cycle 200km a week, do 20 minutes of meditation a day, eat a balanced diet and don't stress over stuff you have no control over.

I would then leave it to fate to decide what happens to me career wise.

No medicine?

Your patient will say dont waste my time doc. I didnt come all the way here for you to tell me what i already know.

 

[Leongsam]

No medicine?

Your patient will say dont waste my time doc. I didnt come all the way here for you to tell me what i already know.

Like I said I don't think I'd last very long.

 

[Leongsam]

@nayr69sg in my opinion you're not suited to the role you're playing in medicine and this has led to your decline in mental health. Isn't there something in the medical industry where you can use your skills without having to come face to face with arseholes and druggies?

How about specialising in men's health? I have a doctor friend in Auckland who used to work in a 24 hour emergency care facility and he hated it.

He decided to go out on his own and specialised in men's health. He now dispenses Cialis, Viagra etc, performs Priupus shots and Shock therapy etc. All his patients are very happy because he often succeeds in raising the dead just like Jesus.

 

[Leongsam]

@nayr69sg here is his website :

https://www.essentialmensclinic.co.nz/

 

[Leongsam]

Dr Mark Morunga​

Dr Mark Morunga Medical Director Essential Mens Clinics BHB, MBCHB, Dip Paeds, Dip CEM, Cert. Andrology F.RNZCUC, MNZSCM Member New Zealand Society Cosmetic Medicine Fellow Royal New Zealand College Urgent Care Dr Mark Morunga completed Medical Degree BHB and MBCHB at Auckland University in 1993. Completed the Diploma in Paediatrics in 1997 & Diploma in Community Emergency Medicine in 2001. Became a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care 2001. Has been a Physician in East Auckland 1997 to 2019 & former Clinical Director of East Care A & M Clinic, Botany for 10 years. Increasing interest in Cosmetic Medicine, completing the Diploma in Cosmetic Medicine and becoming a Member of the New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Medicine NZCSM in 2011. Opened Face Doctors Howick 2010, Face Doctors Remuera 2012 and Face Doctors Drury 2019. Developed a special interest in Men's Health in 2014, particularly ED, PE and regenerative medicine in ED with Platelet Rich Plasma therapy. Completing Certificate Andrology Indonesia 2019 and opening the Essential Men's Clinics in Howick and Remuera in 2014, working closely with Auckland Urologist and offering services for men in Sexual Health such as the P Shot®.

 

[nayr69sg]

@nayr69sg here is his website :

https://www.essentialmensclinic.co.nz/

His clinic does aesthetic. Goes to show men's health alone not enough lah.

Remember that with viagra and PDE5 inhibitors family drs can do it too.

It is all about niche markets. Stuff the family drs dowan to do.

I already in one of these niches. Medical cannabis.

The next level is Opioid Agonist Therapy and Opioid withdrawal clinics. But that one real stakes. Patient can OD and die also.

 

[nayr69sg]

Dr Mark Morunga​

Dr Mark Morunga Medical Director Essential Mens Clinics BHB, MBCHB, Dip Paeds, Dip CEM, Cert. Andrology F.RNZCUC, MNZSCM Member New Zealand Society Cosmetic Medicine Fellow Royal New Zealand College Urgent Care Dr Mark Morunga completed Medical Degree BHB and MBCHB at Auckland University in 1993. Completed the Diploma in Paediatrics in 1997 & Diploma in Community Emergency Medicine in 2001. Became a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care 2001. Has been a Physician in East Auckland 1997 to 2019 & former Clinical Director of East Care A & M Clinic, Botany for 10 years. Increasing interest in Cosmetic Medicine, completing the Diploma in Cosmetic Medicine and becoming a Member of the New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Medicine NZCSM in 2011. Opened Face Doctors Howick 2010, Face Doctors Remuera 2012 and Face Doctors Drury 2019. Developed a special interest in Men's Health in 2014, particularly ED, PE and regenerative medicine in ED with Platelet Rich Plasma therapy. Completing Certificate Andrology Indonesia 2019 and opening the Essential Men's Clinics in Howick and Remuera in 2014, working closely with Auckland Urologist and offering services for men in Sexual Health such as the P Shot®.

He is aesthetic dr lah.

 

[Leongsam]

He is aesthetic dr lah.

Yeah I know he used to be in A & E I got to know him because he saw me quite often ie whenever I fell off my bike.

He switched to aesthetics and I went to see him for a P shot to see whether it works. In my opinion it made no difference but perhaps that is because I did not have ED to begin with but I just wanted to see whether the P shot could roll back the years.

He's very happy in his current role and he took up cycling which is why I see him quite often.

 

[Leongsam]

His clinic does aesthetic. Goes to show men's health alone not enough lah.

Remember that with viagra and PDE5 inhibitors family drs can do it too.

It is all about niche markets. Stuff the family drs dowan to do.

I already in one of these niches. Medical cannabis.

The next level is Opioid Agonist Therapy and Opioid withdrawal clinics. But that one real stakes. Patient can OD and die also.

This doctor helps out at my other website. Specialises in men's health only which includes diagnosing and treating STDs.

https://www.drtanandpartners.com/home/

Can't you do the same?

 

[nayr69sg]

@nayr69sg in my opinion you're not suited to the role you're playing in medicine and this has led to your decline in mental health. Isn't there something in the medical industry where you can use your skills without having to come face to face with arseholes and druggies?

How about specialising in men's health? I have a doctor friend in Auckland who used to work in a 24 hour emergency care facility and he hated it.

He decided to go out on his own and specialised in men's health. He now dispenses Cialis, Viagra etc, performs Priupus shots and Shock therapy etc. All his patients are very happy because he often succeeds in raising the dead just like Jesus.

Short answer is no.

The problem is dealing with people and their expectations.

People will condemn pharma say pharma company are crooks liars etc. But then when it comes to viagra and cialis i seldom hear male patients say anythint bad about pfizer for viagra.

All bullshit lah.

Actually with cannabis i was having a field day with it initially. Yeah can help with almost every damn thing! Pain? Yup! Depression? Yup! Get high! High bloos preasure? Yup! Autism? Yup. Multiple sclerosis? Yup! Parkinsons? Yup!

Until......college came a calling me.

So now i cannot make claims that are not scientifically based. (But there is no real scientific basis for cannabis for almost everything!) I cannot say cannabis is a miracle cure that cures everything.

But then i have patients coming to me saying oh I read on google it cures cancer!

Stupid college lor.

Willing buyer willing prescriber right? As long as do no harm should be ok right? Even placebo also got 30% success rate.

But CPSA watching me. So i got to be careful.

 

[Leongsam]

He is aesthetic dr lah.

Just to let you know Mark told me that a lot of men see him for their erection pills because they don't want to see their family doctors regarding this. Family doctors usually treat both husband and wife and husband wants pills so he can fuck other women which is why he does not want the family doctor involved.

 

[nayr69sg]

Yeah I know he used to be in A & E I got to know him because he saw me quite often ie whenever I fell off my bike.

He switched to aesthetics and I went to see him for a P shot to see whether it works. In my opinion it made no difference but perhaps that is because I did not have ED to begin with but I just wanted to see whether the P shot could roll back the years.

He's very happy in his current role and he took up cycling which is why I see him quite often.

He looks like more businessman also. Has several clinics. Got drs working for him?

I had patient today telling me about some dr moved to mexico has the cure for blood cancer. Some special injections boost immune system. Boost dendritic cells.

They tell me he tried opening in Toronto got shut down. Suspended.

Ran to mexico. But cures cancer.

They swear by it. Curse chemo and pharma and oncologists.

Makes me wonder. Why is this mexico guy a freaking billionaire then?

Medicine by nature and design is to suppress drs from actually thinking out of box to find creative ways to help patients.

They want all drs to do the same talk the same.

How to be special and better like that right?

If you are different oh they will mark you on radar

 

[Leongsam]

He looks like more businessman also. Has several clinics. Got drs working for him?

I had patient today telling me about some dr moved to mexico has the cure for blood cancer. Some special injections boost immune system. Boost dendritic cells.

They tell me he tried opening in Toronto got shut down. Suspended.

Ran to mexico. But cures cancer.

They swear by it. Curse chemo and pharma and oncologists.

Makes me wonder. Why is this mexico guy a freaking billionaire then?

Medicine by nature and design is to suppress drs from actually thinking out of box to find creative ways to help patients.

They want all drs to do the same talk the same.

How to be special and better like that right?

If you are different oh they will mark you on radar

Just offering suggestions for you to consider. Of course everything has its downsides. Me starting my other forum way back in 1999 means I am unable to ever visit Singapore. However I initially enjoyed working on the site so much that I found the trade off worthwhile.

 

[nayr69sg]

Just to let you know Mark told me that a lot of men see him for their erection pills because they don't want to see their family doctors regarding this. Family doctors usually treat both husband and wife and husband wants pills so he can fuck other women which is why he does not want the family doctor involved.

In NZ dr can dispense? Charge for the medication itself?

Over here all private. Cannot tell spouse if patirnt say dont tell.

Niche markets are the way to go.

I have been doing it. Started off with the chinese speaking niche market.

Then now cannabis.

Do general run of the mill is not rewarding.

Even then with the niche.....got to work very hard cos it is after all a one by one one at a time sort of way to earn money.

How much can the most sexy most wanted social escort earn?

That one maybe got hook some super rich billionaires. But medicine got ethical limits to how much the whore can bill per customer.