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Irena's avatar

It's called "demand destruction." Deny health care to a segment of the population, and then the rest can receive enough. The only question is: which segment? It helps if it can be made to seem as if "they [we] deserved it."

Me, I still don't have a GP. A little over two years ago, I tried to register with a clinic, they put me on a waiting list, then invited me to register after two and a half months, then asked if I was juiced, and when I said I wasn't, told me I wasn't welcome anymore. I could have tried to find another GP, I suppose, but after that experience (the icing on the corona-cake), I became so disgusted with the entire medical profession that I simply haven't been able to bring myself to do it. I just use my vacation days whenever I'm ill. It's generally not a problem up to a week or so. Let's hope I don't get one of those two-week fevers this winter, because I might actually need a doctor's note. (And yes, that's how I actually think about doctors at this point: I might need a piece of paper from them. I certainly don't expect that cartel to actually do anything for my health.)

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Rikard's avatar

Sweden is currently undergoing a Measles-epidemic, according to the media, an epidemic spawned by some dastardly parents not vaccinating their offspring.

The real major source of Measles here is two-fold:

There's a Theosophy-sect living outside Stockholm, and whenever they breed a new generation children, sure as rain cases of Measles make a jump withing two years of that spawning.

And migrants from Africa, who are generally not vaccinated against Measles, and therefore sometimes cause tens of cases per year, nationally.

Yes, tens of cases. According to the press, this is an epidemic worthy of enacting coercive laws re: vaccinations (though not targeting the Theosophists or any Africans, as that'd violate religious freedoms/be racist).

Last time we had a Measles-epidemic, dr Tegnell was still in charge, and laughed in the face of the ignorant urinalists trying to whip up a frothy panic.

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