Sweden's corona strategy seems to be working

No politician is troubled by 4.5 million deaths a year from air pollution.

The energy transition and climate protection are still not being tackled decisively, although the entire world economy would benefit enormously. Strange that the world economy is being hit so hard ONLY because of corona …

Corona crisis: the German government fails at holistic health policy

The prime example is air pollution: according to a recent study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Greenpeace Southeast Asia, 80,000 premature deaths in Germany in 2018 can be attributed to air pollution (diesel soot, coal combustion and more), 400,000 in the EU as a whole and 4.5 million worldwide every year. The World Health Organization (WHO), which includes household air pollution as well as outdoor air pollution, even assumes 7 million premature deaths a year caused by air pollution. In Germany, around 4,300 premature deaths in 2016 can be attributed to emissions from coal-fired power stations alone.

For comparison: as of 16 April there had so far been 3,569 deaths in Germany in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) had been detected. …

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Sweden’s alternative strategy in the fight against corona seems to be working.

Sweden has dealt with the coronavirus quite differently. There were targeted protective measures for the groups at risk, but at the same time almost the entire economy was allowed to keep running. This approach now appears to be showing its first successes.

DEUTSCHE WIRTSCHAFTS NACHRICHTEN (German)