6 June, Saturday, Day 67

Late yesterday evening, I saw on Text-TV that WHO now recommends face masks. I feel a bit satisfied, having been a few days ahead of WHO here. It remains to be seen how the Swedish Government reacts to the recommendation.

The question about the Government revived my old question: "Who governs?". I do carry a feeling the Government has abdicated in favor of the Authority for People's Health. There is a party leader debate tomorrow. Normally, I do not watch these debates, but I feel that I must make an exception tomorrow. One could always learn something.

The Test Quagmire
In practice, there seems to be no news regarding the quagmire. What strikes me is that offcial Sweden seems to have no sense of urgency. Everyone seems to slowly walk in their ordinary tracks, not letting themselves be disturbed by the need for testing.

One way of solving the problem would be to invite a Chinese team. According to the text below, they could do Sweden in around ten days.


“Wuhan Tests Nine Million People for Coronavirus in 10 Days (Wall Street Journal, 25 May) City uses ‘sample pooling’ for mass-testing regimen after a handful of fresh cases spark concern * The central Chinese city of Wuhan said early Monday that it had collected coronavirus swab tests from more than nine million of its 11 million people over the past 10 days, an ambitious response to the re-emergence of a handful of fresh cases this month at the initial center of the pandemic.” (Policy Exchange - Coronavirus Newsletter - 5 June 2020)


There might be many explanations to the Swedish problems. The lack of clear political signals could be one. I wonder how clear political signals today has to be to generate action. Testing is one example, the Police another.

Today's Statistics
Today's statistics says 4,656 dead (+17).

SWEDISH

Sent igår såg jag på Text-TV att WHO nu rekommenderar munskydd. Jag känner mig lite belåten med att ha varit ett antal dagar före WHO på den punkten. Nu återstår att se hur den svenska regeringen reagerar på rekommendationen.

Frågan om regeringen återuppväckte min gamla undran: ”Vem regerar Sverige?” Jag går ofta omkring med en känsla av att regeringen har abdikerat till förmån för Folkhälsomyndigheten. Normalt sett vill jag inte titta på partiledardebatter, men jag måste nog göra ett undantag i morgon. Man kanske blir klokare på något.

Testhärdsmältan

Det ser inte ut att vara några direkta nyheter i praktiken rörande härdsmältan. Det som slår mig är att offentligheten verkar sakna krismedvetande helt. Man verkar lunka på i sina byråkratiska hjulspår utan att låta sig störas för mycket av testbehovet.

Ett sätt att lösa testproblemet är att bjuda hit ett kinesiskt team. Enligt texten nedan klarar de Sverige på drygt tio dagar.

“Wuhan Tests Nine Million People for Coronavirus in 10 Days (Wall Street Journal, 25 May) City uses ‘sample pooling’ for mass-testing regimen after a handful of fresh cases spark concern * The central Chinese city of Wuhan said early Monday that it had collected coronavirus swab tests from more than nine million of its 11 million people over the past 10 days, an ambitious response to the re-emergence of a handful of fresh cases this month at the initial center of the pandemic.” (Policy Exchange - Coronavirus Newsletter - 5 June 2020)

De svenska problemen kan ha många förklaringar, bristen på tydliga politiska signaler kan vara en. Jag frågar mig hur tydliga politiska signaler som idag krävs för att få något gjort. Testningen är ett exempel, polisen ett annat.

Dagens statistik

Dagens statistik säger 4 656 döda (+17).