I put in a bid for just a bit more than it really was worth and I got outbid
But I actually feel good about keeping to the budget for once and not going crazy and spending far more than reasonable.
I heard Trump trying to shift focus from his own shortcomings to Sweden's incredible irresponsibility, pure misdirection.
We're not "suffering very greatly"
Most business is open as usual with restrictions, people are being put on notice but the UBS requirements for membership time before benefits are reduced from 12 to 3 months.
Since three months is the most common term when being laid off you can get full benefits if you join when you get your notice.
There are a host of other support packages being launched to take care of businesses.
Our hospitals are not full, the Army has erected field hospitals in the major cities and some patients are treated there as a trial but the ordinary ICU wards still have beds.
The curve in Stockholm have flattened out noticeably and is expected to hold, the rest of the country is still climbing slowly.
Like the rest of the world we've not managed to keep the virus out of the care homes and we're working hard to focus on that part.
Since 88% of all deaths in Sweden are people over 70 and 63% over 80 this is a failure.
In my opinion this is the single most effective thing that can be done, but it's very hard.
The staff is usually not trained for this level of care and protective clothing is non existing
I'm biased though, my dad is in a home and was taken to the hospital yesterday for a small brain hemorrhage, he's rapidly succumbing to Alzheimer's and his body is giving up.
These are yesterdays numbers as far as i been able to verify them; Sweden have usually had roughly the same population as New York City, we've grown a bit lately so we're now 2'' up.
Comparing a country to a metropolis is comparing apples and oranges though, so a comparison to Stockholm would be a bit more accurate
The numbers for confirmed Covid19 should be considered highly approximate to the actual level of contagion, we are no longer testing suspected cases so basically only ICU cases are confirmed.
Code:
1'st death Population Confirmed Dead % Conf. % Dead
Sweden 2020-03-11 10,202,491 11,445 1,033 0,11% 0,01%
Stockholm 2020-03-11 1,515,017 4,806 616 0,32% 0,04%
NYC 2020-03-14 8,398,748 110,465 11,127 1,32% 0,13%
Stay safe and wash your hands!
