Tag Archives: Politics & Society

Trump — a postmodern feminist I think it is worth pointing out that parts of the academic community for a long time have been playing along with undermining the essential underpinnings of liberal democracy and that it is not as innocent regarding the rise of Trumpism as it now pretends to be … [One] type of criticism of Trump is about his ethnophobia and lightly hidden racism. A clear expression of this came when Trump dismissed a ruling by a federal judge...

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Anders Tegnell on the Swedish corona strategy  [embedded content]

Vågade någon tala om för dig att du gjort ett dåligt arbete eller inte ansträngt dig nog? Fick du för dåliga betyg? Höll inte uppsatsen måttet? Det gör inget! För nu för tiden kan alla slö, slappa, lata och likgiltiga komma undan det egna ansvaret med tidens egen deus ex machina — de är kränkta. Simsalabim och problemet är inte längre deras utan den som hade fräckheten att våga påtala bristerna och undermåligheten. För mig är detta en källa till ständig irritation. Varför? Jo...

Republicans need to get their sh*t together [embedded content] That’s the right spirit!

Sweden’s coronavirus strategy will soon be the world’s [embedded content] Interesting interview, but unfortunately neither Prescott nor professor Lobelo have got the fact that Sweden’s strategy is NOT a herd immunity strategy, but an approach directed at keeping our health-care system working without having to ENFORCE social distancing on the population.

WHO slams herd immunity concept [embedded content] And: Sweden’s strategy is NOT a herd immunity strategy. It is rather an approach directed at keeping our health-care system working without having to ENFORCE social distancing on the population. Herd immunity is an interesting ‘thought experiment,’ but should also not be treated as anything else. As with most economics models, epidemiological models building on (as yet) unsubstantiated assumptions should be...

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Coronavirus — cosa sta succedendo in Svezia?  [embedded content] La percezione che la Svezia non abbia messo in atto misura di controllo è veramente lontano dalla verità. La percezione che la vita vada avanti normalmente in Svezia è semplicemente un falso mito.

Trump’s coronavirus response — a ‘chaotic disaster’  [embedded content]