Posted on 05/09/2020 10:29:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The flight from Italy was one of the last arrivals that day at the Stockholm airport. A Swedish couple in their 50s walked up and loaded their skis into Razzak Khalaf's taxi.
It was early March and concerns over the coronavirus were already present, but the couple, both coughing for the entire 45-minute journey, assured Khalaf they were healthy and just suffering from a change in the weather. Four days later, the Iraqi immigrant got seriously ill with COVID-19.
Still not able to return to work, Khalaf is part of the growing evidence that those in immigrant communities in the Nordic nations are being hit harder by the pandemic than the general population.
Sweden took a relatively soft approach to fighting the coronavirus, one that attracted international attention. Large gatherings were banned but restaurants and schools for younger children have stayed open. The government has urged social distancing, and Swedes have largely complied.
The country has paid a heavy price, with 3,175 fatalities from COVID-19. That's more than 31 deaths per 100,000 population, compared with about 8 per 100,000 in neighboring Denmark, which imposed a strict lockdown early on that is only now being slowly lifted.
Inside Sweden's immigrant communities, anecdotal evidence emerged early in the outbreak that suggested that some — particularly those from Somalia and Iraq — were hit harder than others. Last month, data from Sweden’s Public Health Agency confirmed that Somali Swedes made up almost 5 percent of the country's COVID-19 cases, yet represented less than 1 percent of its 10 million people.
Many in these communities are more likely to live in crowded, multigeneration households and are unable to work remotely.
“No one cares for taxi drivers in Sweden,” said Khalaf, who tested positive and was admitted to a hospital
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
In Finland, Helsinki authorities warned of a similar over-representation among Somali immigrants in the capital — some 200 cases, or about 14%, of all confirmed infections.
In Norway, where immigrants make up nearly 15% of the general population, they represent about 25% of confirmed coronavirus cases.
I wonder how they are fairing in Mogadishu Minnesota?
the muslims in leadership in minnesota likely are giving everyone early treatment with HCQ, Zinc, antibiotic
Your body makes Vitamin D from exposure to sunlight.
Dark-skinned people in the far north (and nursing home patients who don't get outside) can expect Vitamin D deficiency unless they take supplements.
I guess the Swedes are racist after all.
Nice easy way of reversing their mistake of allowing their country to be overrun with jihadis.
Somalia has less than 1000 cases, and less than 50 deaths. They should have stayed home.
Somali Swedes. Hmm.
Somali and Iraqi immigrants - most likely to ignore social distancing.
So the left wing Sac Bee ignores the reality news about their beloved Governor Gruesome and does this pos oped posing as news.
I don;t see the problem...
It’s a good way to get rid of them...they can go back home instead.
Problem?
Does not compute.
See, they knew what they were doing.
“Dark-skinned people in the far north (and nursing home patients who don’t get outside) can expect Vitamin D deficiency unless they take supplements.”
Testing indicates that the deficiency is almost as bad among fair-skinned people in the sunny climates. Apparently the body’s mechanism for converting sunlight to D isn’t particularly efficient, and requires a greater amount of skin exposure than one might think (and there are likely individual metabolic differences at play as well) - especially with respect to attaining “therapeutic levels” of D.
Notice that the article does NOT claim that immigrants experience a higher rate of DEATHS than native Swedes, only a disproportionate number of cases. I would suspect that most of the deaths are of elderly native Swedes.
So far, 80% of the MN deaths are in nursing homes so it may take a while for skinnies to show up in their numbers.
What a bummer! /s
Mudder Naycher cures an infection on her own ??
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