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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 757253" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I was reading today about Sweden, where they took a far different tack than did the USA, the rest of Europe and other places. They made social distancing voluntary. They did not close businesses such as restaurants, bars, etc.; nor did they close schools or beaches or any other thing. What they did only was restrict gatherings of 50 or more people.</p><p></p><p>And despite this lack of mandatory restriction there seems to have been no greater prevalence of the disease, for example, no greater rate of infection than Ireland that pretty much closed down. </p><p></p><p>The Swedes seem to base their success in limiting the infection rate to their trust of one another to voluntary protect each other. An elderly woman of 83 was quoted in the article that she trusted the young people to protect her, as she walked into a government office for an ID.</p><p></p><p>It is this I think that we lack as a culture, at least where I live. The sense of common fate. The desire to act in ways that protect all. Not just me.</p><p></p><p>I do not feel like people as a whole are concerned about my welfare when I leave home. I do feel that people that know me are. But even people in my neighborhood, I don't think they're concerned. I don't think they wish me ill. But I don't necessary have trust that they care. I guess that speaks more about me then them. I will work on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 757253, member: 18958"] I was reading today about Sweden, where they took a far different tack than did the USA, the rest of Europe and other places. They made social distancing voluntary. They did not close businesses such as restaurants, bars, etc.; nor did they close schools or beaches or any other thing. What they did only was restrict gatherings of 50 or more people. And despite this lack of mandatory restriction there seems to have been no greater prevalence of the disease, for example, no greater rate of infection than Ireland that pretty much closed down. The Swedes seem to base their success in limiting the infection rate to their trust of one another to voluntary protect each other. An elderly woman of 83 was quoted in the article that she trusted the young people to protect her, as she walked into a government office for an ID. It is this I think that we lack as a culture, at least where I live. The sense of common fate. The desire to act in ways that protect all. Not just me. I do not feel like people as a whole are concerned about my welfare when I leave home. I do feel that people that know me are. But even people in my neighborhood, I don't think they're concerned. I don't think they wish me ill. But I don't necessary have trust that they care. I guess that speaks more about me then them. I will work on it. [/QUOTE]
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