1. Sweden, the "model" country taken by so many. Time for an update on the situation including the terrible numbers and ICU-related news.
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2. First numbers. Usually I only compare to neighbouring countries when I do this. Reminder: since demographics, social systems and behaviours, and health systems etc... are so different between the nordics and the rest of the world, comparisons between nordics make sense.
3. And nordic countries because of their low density of population, great healthcare system and already long existing social distancing rules were bound to do good during a pandemic.
4. And they all did, except Sweden which now has numbers comparable to countries with much worst starting conditions for a pandemic. Let's see on the number of cases.
Analysis here: Sweden is almost as bad as the US for cases/Million
5. And way worse than all other European countries considered. By far! And now I know most people could say that it's because we test more in Sweden: false. Testing is saturated so the number are likely higher even and this is disproved by the positivity rate.
6. The positivity rate is higher than in the US even, while testing capacity is already at the maximum in Sweden.
In earlier threads 8 weeks ago I said that the 2nd wave was coming with a delay to nordic countries, it's clearly visible now.
7. The 2nd wave started in France and other countries basically beginning of September. In Sweden and the nordic, mid-October.
8. Now the deaths... Denmark which had a lot of cases/millions is still with the other nordics for deaths, so they managed it well... but not Sweden which is now higher than most European countries. And probably higher than the US even...
9. Because we have to consider the delay in the reporting of deaths in Sweden. It takes now more than 10 days for the reporting of deaths to be reliable, so any figure you see that is less than 10 days old is not reliable.
10. For more info on the delay in the report of deaths, see the amazing website from @adamaltmejd
https://t.co/pF2NgV2HjL
11. Now about the ICU beds situation that some people enquire about... bad news: first time since the beginning of the pandemic that the situation is that dramatic. Mainly in Stockholm, ICU beds saturated. Other places doing better.
https://t.co/e2fGgSiMLC
12. And what is worse is that health workers now feel the pressure of the pandemic and start quitting, therefore making the situation even worse.
https://t.co/0Xf6GJlz1Y
13. As a reminder, Anders Tegnell still does not support wearing a mask in public... in fact the only difference between Sweden and the other nordics that did much better during the pandemic is
14. that Sweden listened to the intuitions of Tegnell while the other nordics listened to scientific reasoning... and we see today clearly what is the right strategy... The Swedish model is nothing but a cautionary tale, stop daydreaming about it!
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Once upon a time there was a Raja named Uttānapāda born of Svayambhuva Manu,1st man on earth.He had 2 beautiful wives - Suniti & Suruchi & two sons were born of them Dhruva & Uttama respectively.
#talesofkrishna https://t.co/E85MTPkF9W


Now Suniti was the daughter of a tribal chief while Suruchi was the daughter of a rich king. Hence Suruchi was always favored the most by Raja while Suniti was ignored. But while Suniti was gentle & kind hearted by nature Suruchi was venomous inside.
#KrishnaLeela


The story is of a time when ideally the eldest son of the king becomes the heir to the throne. Hence the sinhasan of the Raja belonged to Dhruva.This is why Suruchi who was the 2nd wife nourished poison in her heart for Dhruva as she knew her son will never get the throne.


One day when Dhruva was just 5 years old he went on to sit on his father's lap. Suruchi, the jealous queen, got enraged and shoved him away from Raja as she never wanted Raja to shower Dhruva with his fatherly affection.


Dhruva protested questioning his step mother "why can't i sit on my own father's lap?" A furious Suruchi berated him saying "only God can allow him that privilege. Go ask him"
1/ Here’s a list of conversational frameworks I’ve picked up that have been helpful.

Please add your own.

2/ The Magic Question: "What would need to be true for you


3/ On evaluating where someone’s head is at regarding a topic they are being wishy-washy about or delaying.

“Gun to the head—what would you decide now?”

“Fast forward 6 months after your sabbatical--how would you decide: what criteria is most important to you?”

4/ Other Q’s re: decisions:

“Putting aside a list of pros/cons, what’s the *one* reason you’re doing this?” “Why is that the most important reason?”

“What’s end-game here?”

“What does success look like in a world where you pick that path?”

5/ When listening, after empathizing, and wanting to help them make their own decisions without imposing your world view:

“What would the best version of yourself do”?