Corona in Sweden: Terrifying numbers after Sonderweg - nurse accuses: "Bad to see"

For a long time, Sweden was considered the absolute winner of the Corona crisis, as the country made it through time without a lockdown.

But now it is clear: the corona virus has caused more in Sweden than previously thought.

• While large parts of Europe went into lockdown in the spring,

  Sweden

  maneuvered

  the country through the crisis without major restrictions.

• But the country's numbers are shockingly high.

• A victim now describes extreme

  long-term consequences

  .

Stockholm - While everyday life almost came to

in many parts of the world

,

apparently

made it

through the Corona crisis *.

Without

temporarily closing

shops, restaurants or even

and

.

But the goal of

could also have done harm.

While

the

slumped

in large parts of

, the Swedish government, together with its state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, relied on personal responsibility.

Keep your distance, reduce contact with others and adhere to the hygiene rules.

The country did not even enforce a mask requirement in public.

But the number of infections * also rose rapidly in Sweden.

Corona in Sweden: the number of infections is increasing extremely - but how many people are actually infected?

The country had around 85,000 official infections * and almost 6,000

by the end of August.

A number that shouldn't sound high at first glance.

But since the country only has around 10 million

, the result is a frightening balance: around 8,500 infected people and around 575 deaths per million inhabitants.

This is how the daily news at the end of August calculates it.

According to this calculation, the dimension of the

in

clearly noticeable in direct comparison with Germany.

According to the Tagesschau, around 2,750 people are said to have been infected and 110 people died for

around one

Germans.

But how many people in

actually been infected with the corona virus * is currently unclear.

Because while the test strategy was quickly increased in Germany, a

in

was only reserved for seriously ill people and medical staff until the summer.

At least that's how the media from Sweden report it.

A pair of parents from Sweden therefore chose their own way of protecting against the virus.

The two locked their three children in the home for four months.

Corona in Sweden: those affected report extreme long-term consequences

But that's not all, the country now seems

to be struggling

with some of the

the Corona crisis *.

For example

, a

from Sweden

told

about her long struggle into normal life after the young woman became infected with the corona virus.

Julia Sundström had cured her infection herself at home, the course was not difficult enough for a hospital stay.

But even months after healing from the corona virus, Sundström still struggled with the consequences.

The nurse initially only worked part-time.

“I had to rest every now and then,” the 26-year-old told

. Although the young woman is currently working full-time in a hospital, she still has

to struggle

with

. According to this, Sundström has Had no previous illnesses and yet a doctor could not guarantee that she

would live

without

the

in the future

.

Corona in Sweden: Could tougher measures have prevented something?

But the case of the 26-year-old Swede is far from being an isolated case.

As the newspaper further reports, the cases of long-term complaints in the country are now said to be increasing.

“In my opinion, you weren't careful enough at the beginning.

The threshold for being considered a suspected 

 was quite high, "explains the young nurse in the interview. She herself thinks that tougher measures could have kept the damage lower in her country." It's bad to see, how many people are actually suffering from the consequences of the

. I think there should have been more

to prevent it from spreading, "said Sundström.

It is not uncommon for an infection with the coronavirus to lead to a severe course of the disease.

German researchers are now reporting a new worrying observation.

When the corona virus spread in Germany, one district in particular had to struggle with the spread.

Now the cause seems to have been found.

In Canada, a woman with cancer was not allowed into an arcade because she could not cover a hole in her throat that was needed to breathe.

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