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I just wish that we could have discussed things as Patricia and I did. I do not at all deny that the Swedish gov't can do better. I just feel that it's also natural to want to claw at the mylar-thin silver lining as a defence mechanism.

Please elaborate more

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.

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.

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.

5/ I agree that on a fundamental level, Swedes and the Swedish government need to stop comparing themselves to the bottom of the statistical barrel and realise their geographical neighbours have handled it significantly better.

6/ Nevertheless, despite the fact that around 15% of Sweden's population would like to see me beaten with pipes for being an immigrant and/or gay and/or non-cisgender (take your pick), my life here is objectively better than it ever was in the US.