A glimpse of sanity, from 🇳🇴 of course
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Norway, the most successful country in the history of the Winter Olympics, will not follow in the footsteps of the United States and insist that those travelling to the Beijing Games are vaccinated against COVID-19, a representative told Reuters.
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"We are not going to compel athletes to get vaccinated," Aagaard said.
"Vaccines are freely available in Norway and it is our experience that there is a very high uptake among athletes, but we do not have insight into every individual's status," he added.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2022-idUSKBN2GJ0ZAMeanwhile the US team is making a big deal today about requiring vaccination, that is what happens when it turns political.
It’s basically a non-issue for Norway as their vaxx rate is working on 90% of eligible, and their total deaths are about the equivalent of a small county here like my folks’. That is the thing people don’t get when comparing the US to Scandinavian countries, they are fitter, with an outdoor fitness culture that extends well into old age, less social on the whole, and not interested in our kind of batshittery. If you remember the big fight over shaming the Swedes remember that Sweden gambled its whole covid approach on the fundamental sensibility of its people, and it kind of worked. They are different people; culture matters.
Meanwhile we are more like the Hindoos smearing themselves with cow poop. God I love this country, so much more fun! 🇺🇸
