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American. Prof. of Journalism at Stockholm Univ. Ph.D. Univ. of Texas at Austin. Contributor @TheLocalSweden. Editor Popular Communication (@comm_pop). 49ers.

Joined May 2007

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    1. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

      1) As a US citizen in Sweden, I’m disturbed when I see the US right push the “Swedish model” for dealing with COVID19. It’s an utterly cynical, disingenuous position that goes far beyond the question of lockdowns and masks, and highlights what’s rotten at the core of US society.

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    2. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

      2) The US political right are using a misleading vision of Sweden’s COVID19 policy to promote a brutal philosophy of savage individualism, fatalism and “freedom from government.” The irony of this position is so thick you can cut it with a knife.

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    3. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

      3) Sweden’s COVID policy hardly a success (6000 dead), but natl. policy can only be understood as inseparable from Sweden’s developed welfare state, social system: universal healthcare, paid sick leave, paid leave to care for sick kids, subsidized daycare & pre/after-school care.

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    4. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

      4) For many Swedes, social security policies in place mean getting COVID not a crushing financial blow; or, if jobs are lost, the state will help to support you. It’s impossible — and frankly stupid — to even try to see Sweden’s COVID19 strategy as separated from these policies.

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    5. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

      5) So, it’s some pretty cynical bullshit for US right-wingers who have, under the banner of “Small Government” and “Liberty,” devoted their lives to crushing universal healthcare and other humane social policies now claim to support the “Swedish model” for tackling COVID19.

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    6. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

      6) In pushing US version of “Swedish model” for COVID19 (in other words, w/none of the Swedish healthcare, social programs), the US right is just telling citizens to enjoy their “liberty” without restriction, but if they get sick, spouse gets sick, company goes bust...tough shit.

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    7. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

      7) Let’s also be clear that even w/Sweden’s relatively developed, generous social policies, many here are struggling, and many in low-paying part-time jobs must continue to work even when they suspect they’re sick. So, pushing a “Swedish approach” w/even fewer safety nets? Crazy.

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      Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

      8) Political right cherry-pick two issues from Sweden — lockdowns, masks — & pitch them as symbols of “freedom.” But real freedom comes from not being bankrupted by illness, paying for childcare, sudden unemployment. The right wants you to forget the second half of that equation.

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        2. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 25 Sep 2020

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          9) And we should never let it slip through cracks that in Sweden, just as in US, minorities have been hit disproportionately hard by COVID19, in large part due to relative poverty and the type of employment. Making access to healthcare and social programs all the more important.https://twitter.com/ChrChristensen/status/1257736487346614273 …

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          Stockholm #COVID19 deaths by district. 3 worst areas w/high % w/immigrant background. Stockholm region: avg. 6.1 deaths/10K pop. Worst areas: Rinkeby/Kista: 14.3 Sundbyberg: 10.8 Spånga/Tensta: 10.9 Sweden, like other countries, seeing high death rate in minority population.
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        3. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 26 Sep 2020

          10) As this thread gets views: This isn't about Sweden or its COVID strategy being great (look at my tweets over past 6 months about that.) This is just about the cynicism of those on the right who hate the welfare state pitching a policy rooted in there being a welfare state.

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        4. Christian Christensen‏Verified account @ChrChristensen 29 Sep 2020

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          11) Also on Sweden, COVID19 and right-wing hypocrisy...https://twitter.com/ChrChristensen/status/1310926612670676992 …

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          Christian ChristensenVerified account @ChrChristensen
          #Sweden now praised by the intl. right for #COVID19 strategy. It has also been criticized by intl. politicians, pundits and media. A great deal of both the praise and the criticism is marked by hypocrisy. To understand why, I suggest we look backward. https://medium.com/@ChrChristensen/want-to-discuss-sweden-and-covid19-start-by-looking-backward-ea83ab6b08ab?source=friends_link&sk=bf98083a9012f6fc607640b675aec0a0 …
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        1. wendylee‏ @wendylee21742 25 Sep 2020
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          Iirc Sweden has different vaccine schedules and different medications than are available in the US. Plus medical for all.

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        1. Aparna Tulpule‏ @AparnaTulpule 25 Sep 2020
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          Individual rights are an argument for masks, not against. Every person's right to not be sprayed by germ-laden exhalation is a limit on every person's right to walk about maskless. There is no such thing as freedom to violate others' rights.

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        1. Roulin Jérôme‏ @GuimardRoulin 26 Sep 2020
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          And they also forget that (the social-democratic!) Sweden did not care about protecting the elderly, those who have contributed in their time to build a rich country and a solid welfare system. It was a nice way to thank them.

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        1. Andreas K‏ @yacc143 27 Sep 2020
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          It's btw a generic observation: You cannot just cherry-pick single properties of a complex system and mix and match in general: I'd like the speed and performance of a Ferrari F40, at the price and the environment footprint of a bicycle.

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