{"id":2247,"date":"2020-10-13T22:41:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T22:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2020-10-13T23:32:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T23:32:04","slug":"europe-eyes-new-restrictions-as-virus-cases-hit-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/europe-eyes-new-restrictions-as-virus-cases-hit-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Eyes New Restrictions as Virus Cases Hit RECORD HIGH"},"content":{"rendered":"

To begin with, there’s news<\/a> about Cristiano Ronaldo testing positive for coronavirus, as in the virus doesn’t really care if you’re a big star or not. If you’re an avid reader of mainstream\/legacy media, you won’t be shocked to find out that Paris hospitals are near saturation<\/a>,\u00a0 Russia reports record<\/a> high cases, and finally, Europe eyes new restrictions as virus cases hit record high numbers.<\/b><\/p>\n

As per an AP<\/a> story, European governments are looking to impose new restrictions in order to mitigate what they describe as a resurgence of the coronavirus. The problem is twofold in this regard: first, autumn just arrived in Europe, temperatures dropped, and basically the flu season begun, and second, the number of covid-19 tests on the Old Continent skyrocketed, i.e. the number of “infections” reported since the start of the pandemic is at the highest level.<\/p>\n

According to official data from WHO, 700,000 new cases were reported in the EU last week alone, 34% more compared to the previous week, with France, Britain, Spain and Russia accounting for more than half of the reported infections.<\/p>\n

Italy and France are trying to combat the pandemic by re-imposing restrictions on private parties, as well as on bars and restaurants; the Netherlands went so far as to shut down all bars and restaurants, plus it banned the sale of alcohol after 8 pm to discourage partying at home.<\/p>\n

Schools are closed again in the Czech Republic until November 2, and Latvia is imposing distance (as in online) learning for 7 days. As usual, Britain took the most draconian measures, in a three tiered<\/a> system which is based on how severe a so-called outbreak is in certain zones.<\/p>\n

European governments are trying to avoid a total lockdown in order to protect the already fragile economies, focusing on targeted\/regional restrictions. We are wondering why European governments fail to recognize that the Swedish model works. Sweden went on just fine without a lockdown and even without compulsory mask wearing and other authoritative measures.<\/p>\n

Daily Mail<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sweden has recorded its fewest daily cases of Covid-19 since the pandemic\u2019s peak in March<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Scandinavian country, which\u00a0was initially criticised for not implementing a lockdown, is now seeing significantly fewer cases than other European hotspots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is even outperforming its Scandinavian neighbours, Norway and Denmark, suggesting their approach may have helped them in the long term<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sweden kept open schools for children under 16, banned gatherings of more than 50 people and told over-70s and vulnerable groups to self-isolate.<\/p>\n

Shops, bars and restaurants stayed open throughout the pandemic and the wearing of masks has not been advised by the government<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Sweden, the death rate has been falling steadily since April despite a peak of cases in the summer \u2013 with\u00a0the country\u2019s top epidemiologist saying that deaths can be kept low without drastic lockdown measures<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sweden was criticized heavily for its decision to go against the WHO dogma, and now that the no-lockdown strategy proved to be objectively better than the lockdown strategy, why aren\u2019t the rest of the Western governments following Sweden\u2019s lead?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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