I don't feel any particular national pride as that would not be in the spirit of Jantelagen. Yet I can't help but be grateful that I live in Sweden and not, say, the UK or the US. Acknowledging that it could be worse isn't pride. It's a way to not panic.
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1/ First, I've lifted the block. I was emotional and being a complete ass. Second, I agree the government needs to lock things down because the latency in reporting paints a rosier picture than really exists, misleading people into thinking it's safer to go out than it really is.
2/ Third, I've had people try to tell me that the Swedish government can't declare a stay-at-home order due to laws. Well, the Karensdag was a law too, one that Riksdagen worked around. Why then is a stay-at-home order untenable? It's not.
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3/ Fourth, I'm still not proud of Sweden's handling of this situation. I just spent the first 28 years of my life in the US on the east coast where it's been a complete catastrophe. Places like NY, TN, and FL. I'd rather be here in Sweden than there. Faint praise, I know.
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4/ That said, my partner is from the UK. Based on their family getting COVID-19 and a general devil-may-care attitude of the populace towards going out, and my partner having debilitating asthma, they'd be a fatality statistic had they not moved to Sweden in January.
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