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  1. mr merlin

    Old Creepy Joe. Just getting it done

    i dont see how sweden in nato is important to russia, they dont even border russia, their army is pretty much worthless, not to mention they are a failing nation who's acceptance of a flood of migrants will destroy them in the long run. It doesn't hurt putin in any way.
  2. mr merlin

    Old Creepy Joe. Just getting it done

    Sweden is unimportant since finland is already in nato and they're on the border. Erdogon is trying to get concessions for his vote, good for him.
  3. mr merlin

    side / total of vaccine you will pay for 2 shots

    Yup, and the dakotas were all going to die(remember sturgis went on like normal in aug 2020), then florida was going to face disaster, all we had was fear mongering and dire warnings. Dont forget sports and how even baseball didn't get back to normal until about july of 2021 - with the...
  4. mr merlin

    Just to be clear

    ...early, the summer of 2020 - trump bitched and whined about Kemp and he more or less did the same thing about florida - he outright said that sweden had taken a horrible path - the clear victory goes to Ron. Then we have vaccines, trump talked them up and still does, he still thinks that...
  5. mr merlin

    Just to be clear

    Births dropping fast in sweden, and it appears to have kicked in roughly 9 months after the vaccines began.
  6. mr merlin

    Old Creepy Joe. Just getting it done

    If i was russia i would turn on the pipelines, all that gas would keep bubbling up between sweden and gemasny and cause a enormous ecological disaster along with being incredibly dangerous, supposedly the amount of gas in those pipes could power germany for 2 days. It would serve them right.
  7. mr merlin

    inflation the most since 2008

    Artical 5, dont make me laugh, lets just say russia would invade lithuania - and Nato invokded artical 5, what would that mean, is nato going to invade russia? Of course not. that would be suicide.
  8. mr merlin

    Old Creepy Joe. Just getting it done

    yea, electric cars will become more and more popular as time passes, but that doesn't mean 25% of people are going to buy them anytime soon.
  9. mr merlin

    Old Creepy Joe. Just getting it done

    Turkey dropped it's veto because sweden and finland caved to every demand of turkey.
  10. mr merlin

    Old Creepy Joe. Just getting it done

    ...Those are acts of desperation, they're losing 1000 men/day easy, possibly more if you count wounded and surrenders. Turkey said finland and sweden are not getting in nato and that means they wont - period. Ukraine likewise will not be part of the EU either since they are corrupt as hell -...
  11. mr merlin

    Old Creepy Joe. Just getting it done

    Finland has what, a population of 4 million? Oh boy, that'll show putin. I celebrate july 4th, victory day is a russian celebration. Hopefully comrade vladimir puts on a good show, some speculation he will march ukranian prisoners through moscow, perhaps he could have common citizens...
  12. mr merlin

    Old Creepy Joe. Just getting it done

    Yup, if I was russia I would invade finland before them, level their cities and teach sweden and anyone else a lesson. As far as north korea goes, notice how american threats mean less and less all the time? After all what are we going to do to NK, sanction them?
  13. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Remember when the lunatics said Sweden was doing a terrible thing with covid? Today they made it official, it's over. https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/sweden-declares-pandemic-be-over
  14. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    ...failure,everything the govt has attempted to do has failed. It's like the old War Games mantra - the only winning move is not to play, like sweden, fl, SD, GA,etc did. I still look back and chuckle about how in the beginning Trump didn't want that cruise ship to dock in the US because the 30...
  15. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Good old Sweden, the media doesn't harp on them anymore do they?
  16. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    ...had cost them? Now first off they never cared too much, went back to normal far earlier than others, but right now they're 25th in deaths/per capita. They rode out the surge and never looked back, sorta like florida did, like sweden did. iI's pretty clear that was the right thing to do.
  17. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    I wonder why the media doesn't cover Sweden now? Sweden: Despite Variants, No Lockdowns, No Daily Covid Deaths [/URL]Michael Fumento – July 30, 2021 Reading Time: 4 minutes AIER >> Daily Economy >> International >> Government >> Crisis Print...
  18. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Remember when the liars kept saying sweden took the wrong path?
  19. mr merlin

    Leading Causes of Death, US, 2015-2020

    https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-unexpected-case-of-the-disappearing-flu-64fd1fa5e909
  20. mr merlin

    Leading Causes of Death, US, 2015-2020

    ...countries, keep in mind at the time of the complete disappearance of flu - late Mar/early april 2020, no one was wearing masks anywhere, nor were they doing much of anything else mitigation wise - those things developed 2-3 months later. Sweden never did start wearing masks, even now it's...
  21. mr merlin

    Leading Causes of Death, US, 2015-2020

    I think you are misunderstanding what's happening, our bodies are not blocking the flu and catching covid. Imagine a small village that is regularly attacked by a bandits from the wilderness, now a new group of bandits arrives(you may or may not know this). The first group of bandits is...
  22. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    i was half right(a little more actually), sweden isn't done but they never did lock down, meanwhile much of the rest of the world is still cowering in fear. I see ontario canada went into a 4 week stay at home order, even stores closed, the entire country had only 6000 cases yesterday and yet...
  23. mr merlin

    Travel plans

    No one lives in northern sweden, it's very comparable.
  24. mr merlin

    Travel plans

    Sweden is still a shining star compared to most other european countries. If a child shows up at school wearing a mask they are sent home.
  25. mr merlin

    The difference between Coronavirus and seasonal flu

    Meanwhile NY has about 50K with a pop of roughly double sweden.
  26. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    I dont think you can believe a bloomberg article, they imply the same thing here, but few places have more than 15% of hospital beds filled with covid patients.
  27. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    NJ with all time record cases today, watching the failure of these whako dem governors sure is enjoyable. meanwhile I'll be going to the casino tomorrow.
  28. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    The dakotas had their rough patch, just like everyone else, and now they're coming out of it, likely for good, they did it right all along. As far as bringing in health workers from out of state, they did it just like NY and others did in the spring, it's not the worst thing , active cases in...
  29. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    How does spreading nonsense on a forum in another nation bnefit anything?
  30. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    ...todays death tolls... france - 582 spain - 537 UK - 608 italy - 853 germany - 392 poland - 540 belgium - 137 netherlands - 90 Czeck - 139 Then you have sweden - with 15, and it looks like they're avg is dropping, every other country has lockdowns - some extremely harsh , while sweden sails...
  31. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    ...bloomberg is well known for that, for instance they say that these restrictions will blunt the "recovery", they dont have a recovery since they never had a major shutdown. . Sweden is in a enviable position compared to almost every other european nation. they are THE model for others to emulate.
  32. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    ...mortality up only slightly from last year, far lower than other countries. In any case, we find, not surprisingly, that excess mortality in Sweden has been lower this year compared to many other western European countries with harsh lockdowns. For example, through October the average number...
  33. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    Does this mean you wont be sending me a Christmas gift? Hurtful sir.
  34. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    I disagree, the good news is that no one in Sweden cares about your blather either.
  35. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    You live in a dreamland, of course you can compare sweden to most other european countries, just as you can compare Wi with SD, or NB with Mn, or Mass with NJ, - even though they dont touch. Picking and choosing to prove points does the opposite, it shows your point is weak, not strong.
  36. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    ...are in many cases in total lockdown with all freedoms stripped away. That looks like the opposite of failure to me. The simple fact is swedens death rate and case rate is far below most other european countries. And their rate is rising slowly, while others are back in high speed rise.
  37. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    The fact that a few might have been shut down doesn't change the fact that almost all are open. You sure love your fake news, why? For instance face masks are not required anywhere, not even at dr's or dentists, or public transport, that is the truth.
  38. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    Nope, very little has changed, they have limited gathering size but otherwise schools, restaurants, bars , etc are all open and no one wears a mask.
  39. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    Bars open, restaurants open, schools open, no one wears masks, they're doing just fine.
  40. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    You left this part out... The new limit applies only to public gatherings such as sporting and cultural events, as the government cannot ban private gatherings in homes. Restaurants will stay open, with a maximum of eight diners for each table, as will schools. Last week the government announced...
  41. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Looks like Sweden has things well under control.
  42. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    here's some news out of North Dakota you'll like. With North Dakota hospitals at 100% capacity, Burgum announces COVID-positive nurses can stay at work In an attempt to alleviate some of the staffing concerns, Burgum announced that the state health officer has amended an order...
  43. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    ...mass transit is busy and no one is wearing masks, it's NOT a lockdown. After 8 months I hardly think it's necessary to keep lying about sweden, they didn't lock down, they're not locked down now, and there's no sign they are going to, they took their hits early, the numbers looked high for...
  44. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    https://www.thedailyfodder.com/2020/11/no-sweden-isnt-abandoning-its-no.html
  45. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    It sure is sweet to see cases exploding in europe, mass shutdowns being tried again, it makes sweden and trump appear almost God like in their wisdom.
  46. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    Lockdowns spreading all over europe...except one place. Sweden Refuses to Impose New Lockdown Measures, Saying People Have Suffered Enough Loneliness, mental health impact of lockdown balanced against COVID threat. Published 1 min ago on 23 October, 2020 Paul Joseph Watson JONATHAN...
  47. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    Compare them to countries to the south of them, sweden is better compared to them than their immediate neighbors for various reasons. Plus you completely miss the fact that life is normal is sweden, no one wears masks, no one social distances, there is no fear and hysteria.
  48. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    What you guys miss about Sweden is they never shut their schools down, and in the spring there wasn't mass testing, they likely had huge numbers of young people that got it(with few effects) and are now immune. Their kids aren't spreading it anywhere right now like is happening in much of the US.
  49. mr merlin

    "COVID-19 herd immunity strategy could lead to 'overwhelming death and devastation' "

    ...over europe, they had the strongest lockdowns in the word, the strictest mask orders, all for nothing. The only people that should be isolated are the very old, everyone else should be living normal lives with zero restrictions, if that had been done this would be over by now, just like in...
  50. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    ...the lag take, it's been 6-7 weeks now, jesus, it didn't happen, let it go. I see france had 30,000 cases today, that would be like us having 200K, what happened ,dont masks work? most of europe in a full panic, shutting shit down right and left, meanwhile Sweden just sails along their merry way.
  51. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    here's the way it is in sweden right now.
  52. mr merlin

    Trump steamed up to -150

    Post the sweden one for the retards here.
  53. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Sweden 7 day avg deaths by month. June 13 - 36 July 13 - 12 August 13 - 3 sept 13 -2 Oct 13 - 1 No masks, no shutdowns, no lies, no nonsense.
  54. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    It's nice to see isn't it? 20K in 1 day in france, far higher proportionally than we have ever had. No big surge in Sweden yet huh?
  55. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    ...anything like it did in the spring, or even summer. Much of these latest surges are related to colleges and grade schools reopening, look at sweden, they never shut their schools, many of their schoolkids and young adults no doubt had it back then and they're not spreading it now. Lockdowns...
  56. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Sweden avg death rate is 1, where it's been for a long time, sweden has 10-11 million people, that would be like in FL had 2. meanwhile more panic fueled lockdowns are spreading like crazy in europe. Amazing how foolish people get when they become consumed with fear.
  57. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Because they never shut down the schools(primary), restaurants or bars, and masks were not and are not widespread, usage is estimated at 5%.
  58. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    You cant compare them to sweden, every nation is different. Sweden is much larger, has far more immigrants, and has more old people(many in nursing homes). You may as well compare Vermont or New Hampshire to NY - they're right next door, right?
  59. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Sweden declares victory over covid. Sweden now “has one of the lowest rates of [coronavirus] infections even though it has never adopted a rigid lockdown,” announced the Italian daily Corriere della Sera Saturday. As many nations struggle with a resumption of the pandemic, in Stockholm the...
  60. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Hmmm, their 7 day avg of deaths is 1, and it's been at the number for weeks, if they dont have herd immunity they're doing a pretty good imitation of it.
  61. mr merlin

    Current Events

    What are you looking for, every nation is different, some really bad, some really good, you can look at sweden for example, South korea can do what they want, I doubt they would lock down(asians are smart), their so far limited targeted response will likely suffice. By the way, they wear masks...
  62. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Thank you for coming to your senses heisi, sweden is the role model, I know some people say that their economy has suffered, and it has, but that's because of the effects of the shutdowns of neighboring countries along with continent wide travel restrictions.
  63. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    The point is the virus will win everytime, it cant be stopped by govt actions or executive orders. Shutdowns dont work, masks dont work, what works is allowing it do do what it does and handle the sick as best you can. Sweden is looking better and better huh?
  64. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Sweden is not exactly a tourist destination,
  65. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Yea, that's what we should have done, we would have had a huge surge and it would have been gone a couple months ago, just like in sweden. You quarantine the vulnerable, not the healthy.
  66. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    ...pretty clear that we cant truly stop the virus, shutdowns didn't work(we did that for months), masks and social distancing didn't stop it, executive orders have done nothing. The logical thing to do is live with it and get through it, like humans have done throughout history. sorta like sweden.
  67. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    You're off by a factor of 4 or so chester.
  68. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Doesn't look like the decline is a blip huh? And just think they did it with absolutely no masks? Must be a miracle?
  69. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    The problem is numbers of infected are a good thing, not a bad thing. The more, the quicker, the better. High numbers are what cured italy, sweden, NY, NJ, and high numbers are what will end this soon, If Fl has 12K /day and the real number is many times that will burn through very soon.
  70. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Sweden has reached total victory over the virus, 1 death in the last week. A simple comparison between New York and Sweden shows the Empire State has suffered far worse from COVID-19 than the Swedes. Yinon Weiss, an entrepreneur and founder of Rally Point, recently compared Sweden and New York...
  71. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    they ran out in NY,NJ, MAss, etc, etc. Arounf 25% of NYC residents had it , over 50% in certain area codes, that's why their numbers dropped, that forces the R 0 down to below 1(if it's below 1 it'll get better every day).
  72. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    ...we're in a trend of increasing cases but lower deaths, the question is will the increased cases lead to greater deaths in a few weeks? Right now that's uncertain but it doesn't appear to be , for instance Sweden still has high(increasing) case numbers but their deaths are still dropping rapidly.
  73. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    I haven't checked, how many deaths compared to normal?
  74. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    The ones dying now were infected long ago, we know that, the ones infected today may not die at the same rate 4-6 weeks from now. That is not certain. I see sweden had a huge day a couple days ago, that was almost certainly some kind of statistical catch up.
  75. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Not when 40%+ of their population is immune, which apparently is the case in stockholm right now.
  76. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Or delayed emergency room visits for strokes, heart attacks, cancer diagnoses, and everything else. By the way, that swedish guy didn't say they should have done what the others did, he said maybe they should have modified their approach, that's a big difference from admitting they did the...
  77. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    They look like they're doing fine to me.
  78. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    And that 's why sweden is going to be far ahead of the rest of europe, they'll have 50% immunity in the major population centers, they have nothing to worry about once they get through the next month or two - the rest of europe will live in fear just like us.
  79. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Yup, a month ago they said , we dont know enough about this virus, we need to be cautious. We know a lot now and the more we learn the more it's clear that this virus is not nearly as severe as was feared, and what we did was grossly uncalled for. We need to make a 180 degree turn and do it soon.
  80. mr merlin

    Las Vegas mayor won't give businesses social distancing guidelines for reopening: 'They better figure it out. That's their job'

    ...kind of burnout," he added. "There's a huge number of people who are asymptomatic so I would seriously imagine that by the time lockdown was finally introduced in the UK the virus was already widely spread. They could have just stayed open like Sweden by that stage and nothing would have...
  81. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    That would be accurate if Sweden was attempting to mitigate, in fact they are doing the reverse.
  82. mr merlin

    Fauci and Bill Gates are not to trusted

    They're not trying to reduce either cases or deaths, they're trying to get through this with the least overall damage.
  83. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Thailand does not share a border with China, Laos and Burma are to the north.
  84. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    The only one with a plan was sweden, their plan was to do as little as possible, so far they are the runaway winner.
  85. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    They should ask him about sweden, ask him about the states that didn't shut down, ask him about the failed projections, ask him where is the evidence that social distancing makes any difference?
  86. mr merlin

    CNN is definitely a problem

    Look at the data, data is far more useful than opinions. Provided the data is real and not biased, which is why deliberately ruining data for monetary reasons, as is being done by hospitals, etc, is just awful.
  87. mr merlin

    CNN is definitely a problem

    ...to remain open and having the virus run it's natural course through the young, while still protecting the old and vulnerable, would rapidly achieve herd immunity with none of the economic consequences we're experiencing. This is what sweden has done, they did not close their elementary schools.
  88. mr merlin

    A new COVID-19 battle cry for May

    lockdowns are not worth it, Sweden shows that quite clearly. It's simply the wrong thing to do. There is no debacle in georgia, the gov is doing the right thing.
  89. mr merlin

    Las Vegas mayor won't give businesses social distancing guidelines for reopening: 'They better figure it out. That's their job'

    She's right, we did what was asked, we acheived what they said was the goal, it's time to reopen with no restrictions of any kind. People are starting to realize what sweden did resulted in the same results with almost no pain.
  90. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Sweden will also be completely done with the pandemic, every other country will have it hanging over their heads. i agree with their decision.
  91. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    If it doesn't bother them, it shouldn't bother you. prob mostly illegals anyway, that's why they dont care.
  92. mr merlin

    Sweden more successful than NYC

    Yet the media still pushes hard to shut down the dakota's and wyoming.
  93. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    The media has completely lost the ability to sway opinion, IMO. I think there is an almost inverse reaction to their coverage as many if not most people believe the opposite of what they posit.
  94. mr merlin

    Your Level of Concern About the Coronavirus......on a scale of 1-10

    Sweden will not be as vulnerable to a rd 2. Keep in mind sweden has a large number of immigrants who live in close quarters and prob wouldn't socially isolate anyway - the same thing is happening in France. As far as your question goes, I hardly thing the 30 million people who lose their jobs...
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