{"id":238364,"date":"2020-03-30T11:54:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=238364"},"modified":"2021-09-26T19:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T23:00:14","slug":"sweden-says-no-to-quarantine-is-this-the-most-reckless-or-the-most-proportionate-covid-19-response-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/sweden-says-no-to-quarantine-is-this-the-most-reckless-or-the-most-proportionate-covid-19-response-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden says no to quarantine \u2013 is this the most reckless or the most proportionate Covid-19 response in the West?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>This is the right decision: respecting the freedom of people and Human Rights, which guarantees the freedom of Movement of men and ideas.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With most of Europe imposing extraordinary restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus, Sweden has left its citizens surprisingly free. Are Swedes rolling the dice with their public health, or is everyone else overreacting?<br \/>\nAs most of Europe clamps down in a bid to slow the spread of Covid-19, one country is bucking the trend. Sweden is taking a markedly more liberal approach to combatting the virus. Despite its closest neighbours, Denmark and Norway, shutting down all but essential services, Swedes remain free to socialise as the harsh Scandinavian winter comes to an end. Although universities and high schools have shut, pre-schools, kindergartens, bars, restaurants, ski resorts, sports clubs and hairdressers have all remained open.<\/p>\n<p>The streets of Stockholm and Malmo are noticeably quieter than usual, but positively bustling compared to those of Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Paris and Rome. Standing in bars is banned but as long as punters can find a seat they\u2019re free to enjoy a night out. Other steps taken include gatherings of more than 50 people being banned and the over 70s being urged to self-isolate.<\/p>\n<p>With the exception of Belarus, which hasn\u2019t even suspended its football league, Sweden\u2019s restrictions amount to the most relaxed out there. This has prompted observers both in and outside the country to wonder if they are playing fast and loose with the nation\u2019s health or taking the most proportionate response in the West. Prime minister Stefan Lofven has warned that times ahead would be tough but also put the onus on individual Swedes. He added: \u201cWe all, as individuals, have to take responsibility. We can\u2019t legislate and ban everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/484515-sweden-covid-no-lockdown\/?fbclid=IwAR0uegBw91FK7PqpPLEKWIp_9mmuqIyZCryg2HnMONye9TLLY4u65nXGaZY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/484515-sweden-covid-no-lockdown\/?fbclid=IwAR0uegBw91FK7PqpPLEKWIp_9mmuqIyZCryg2HnMONye9TLLY4u65nXGaZY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: This is the right decision: respecting the freedom of people and Human Rights, which guarantees the freedom of Movement of men and ideas. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":337456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}