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Originally Posted by nacho
(Post 33945700)
Long covid doesn't give you any compensation, I heard of some people having long Covid - but closing up and having restrictions is just delaying the process and Omicron is really hitting Australia hard: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...es-2022-01-18/
You may blame that on vaccination but a friend of mine said most only had 2 jabs in Canada. I got a bad lung after a bad pneumonia and after a cough I sneeze immediately, this things happen so should the healthcare gives me super priority when I had that flu? I don't think the attitude towards flu/cold would change after this either. A co-worker of Mr's had both Covid and a flu/cold at the same time, not that we have been having symptoms and we all tested negative. We don't get a test to see if we have a flu/cold (at least not in DK/SE), if you hear the coughing and sneezing, doesn't mean they have Covid. Let's see if I'm still alive by the end of February :D I was saddened to find out yesterday that a Brazilian-American friend -- still very fit soccer player (born in the 1980s) and quite the world traveler during the pandemic -- succumbed to Covid-19 in the US last year. That was almost certainly after repeatedly refusing to get vaccinated in a part of Florida which became the "work from home"-but-party-like-its-1999 base for relocating ballers such as that old friend during the pandemic. Found non-responsive in the fancy condo due to extremely low blood oxygen levels and then died with no family or friends around. [Going down the dark internet rabbit hole has its risks everywhere, but it is a more widespread problem in some places than other places.] It's much more rare for me to encounter Danish or even Swedish friends who refuse to get vaccinated than it is to encounter unvaccinated friends from across the Americas. Even then, the odds that a Swede encountered is not vaccinated or lives with someone who is not vaccinated is much higher than is the case in Denmark, and now it will likely remain that way in 2022 too. A Scandinavian construction worker who cannot walk properly for weeks or months after being hit hard by a Covid-19 infection ends up costing society quite a bit directly and indirectly. "Long Covid" in action -- sometimes even for those who were vaccinated but may have been hit hard by Omicron anyway. |
Originally Posted by GUWonder
(Post 33945906)
You're triple vaccinated, so Denmark should remain very much open and available to you for quite some time and then some. :)
I wouldn't think it's right to open for countries like Sweden or anywhere that most only has 1 or 2 shots because they don't have to Danish speed/resources/capacity to jab everyone quick, for anti-vaxxers I see them getting ill as their own problem (I feel sorry for those who can't be vaccinated for medical reason). |
Originally Posted by nacho
(Post 33946356)
A lot of people in DK are triple vaccinated in DK, hence the full opening of society and (almost) full opening of the Danish border. I think there will be another pandemic and I hope politicians will work on better healthcare to deal with it.
Even reopened Denmark still feels more sleepy than Sweden. |
Originally Posted by GUWonder
(Post 33947904)
Next time there’s a pandemic, would you rather be in Denmark or in Sweden when it hits?
Even reopened Denmark still feels more sleepy than Sweden. There will be another pandemic - it's a matter of time. |
Denmark’s Covid-19 restrictions — at least the more noticeable one those with regard to domestic activity — are no more as of today.
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WHO chief warns it’s too soon to throw in the towel on the pandemic: ‘It’s premature for any country to either surrender or to declare victory’ Comment comes after Denmark becomes first EU country to scrap all restrictions even as it sees record case numbers driven by omicron variant The head of the World Health Organization warned Tuesday that it’s too early to throw in the towel on the pandemic and cautioned that the now-dominant omicron strain, while less lethal than other variants, still can result in high-risk illness. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, ... made the remarks after Denmark became the first European Union country to drop all of its COVID restrictions — including face masks, vaccine passes and limited opening hours — even as it is seeing record numbers of cases. Danish men's hockey has six positive tests at Olympics Denmark’s men’s hockey team held its first pre-Olympic practice Wednesday without six players after a spate of positive COVID-19 test results upon arriving in China. "Fortunately, it looks like four of them were false positive, we are hoping," longtime NHL center Frans Nielsen said. "I wouldn’t called it ‘scared,’ but you’re always worried about, ‘Is there going to be more?’" |
Originally Posted by GUWonder
(Post 33954164)
Denmark’s Covid-19 restrictions — at least the more noticeable one those with regard to domestic activity — are no more as of today.
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Originally Posted by nacho
(Post 33963517)
I was at Ikea yesterday and there were more people than a Sunday afternoon, grocery shops have a lot of people too.
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Could it be that Denmark's additional "reopening" is stimulating traffic in and out of the country? Seems like Danish tourist traffic to Sweden is up this weekend, and so is Swedish tourist traffic to Copenhagen.
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The location shown on the picture looks somewhat familiar. :)
In the capital of Denmark, which on Tuesday took the lead among European Union members by scrapping most restrictions, many people were still wearing masks on the streets and in stores a day later. “I still wear a mask because I want to protect myself and others whose health is not so good, or who have health issues,” said retiree Kjeld Rasmussen, 86, in Copenhagen. “I have several things (health conditions) and so for me, it is also a good way to say to others, ‘Keep your distance.’” https://apnews.com/article/coronavir...0a0a8d95d81433 |
Rules, recommendations or not, I still wear a mask and do other things in Denmark and elsewhere. If I end up as a positive case for Covid-19 before my travels, my Pond-hopping travels out of CPH and other interests are subject to substantial disruption. Insurance companies must love me. :D
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Originally Posted by vanillabean
(Post 33960843)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wh...ry-11643741223
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/danis...itive-olympics |
For proponents of "natural herd immunity" during this pandemic, "unnecessary testing" even included testing of most of the infected/infectious people.
Mass testing -- as had been enabled in Denmark -- is the opposite of burying the head in the sand; and the "unnecessary testing" saved Denmark from the "natural herd immunity" agenda that could have given Denmark Swedish-level problems during the pandemic. |
Originally Posted by GUWonder
(Post 33964010)
Could it be that Denmark's additional "reopening" is stimulating traffic in and out of the country? Seems like Danish tourist traffic to Sweden is up this weekend, and so is Swedish tourist traffic to Copenhagen.
I see people wearing masks and I think it's great that people can do whatever they want (I still remember people with masks got harassed in Sweden). |
Is the whole world determined to drive off a cliff?
During the last 24 hours, one in three have tested positive in Denmark, and the number of Covid people admitted to the hospital has increased by 21 to 1315. https://politiken.dk/forbrugogliv/su...t-seneste-døgn In the US per post 599, the Hawaii governor has given up a planned booster requirement for visitors since "Apparently in the weekly White House call with the Governors, there's a push to "wrap up this pandemic" and drop restrictions as quickly as possible to improve perceptions that things are getting better.” https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hawa...l#post33973098 |
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