How badly prepared Sweden was for any pandemic became painstaikingly clear right from the beginning of the COVID19 outbreak. Apart from the lack of basic medical supplies in the hospitals, protecting the elderly totally failed. The nurses taking care of them were refused protection gear. Many elderly homes denied the elderly a chance to live, […]
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Stranded in Corona times. Act 2: The Confrontation
During the COVID19 pandemic I got stranded in Warsaw. Coming from a Northern European nation with a lot of freedom, even in Corona times, all of a sudden I was living in a country where a very conservative government was making sometimes very questionable attempts to control its citizens, and me. Act 2 of my […]
Despite Staying Open, Sweden’s Economy Takes a Big Hit Too
At the end of May 2020 I worked with Dutch Nieuwsuur TV reporter Saskia Dekkers, camera man Pieter Nijdeken and editor Luuk Mulder on two reports on Sweden in Corona times. While Sweden kept much of its society running, to save businesses many said, our report showed that the Swedish economy will not be better […]
Hard-pressed Uppsala Academic Hospital refuses close to a million euro, while depriving the staff from food
Throwing away between 720,000 and one million euro while trying to get the finances under control. A decision by its management has put the Uppsala Academic Hospital, a leading medical facility in Sweden, soon out of a good option to feed the thousands of staff while they are fighting the COVID19 pandemic. Featured image: Sjukhus, […]
Stranded in Corona Times. Act 1: Love in a crisis, does it work?
During the COVID19 pandemic I got stranded in Warsaw. Like most other European countries Poland implemented strict movement control of its citizens, in an attempt to limit the spreading speed of the virus. Six weeks later I sailed back to Sweden across the Baltic Sea. What I found there was both a shocking negligence of […]