Just saw there is a press conference in Bern today, at 14:00 with AMCS, SECO and OFSP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2CoYs9lSQk

Run of the mill, or something special?

Current data shows that 2020 was the highest death rate in Sweden since... 2012.

There were almost 4% fewer deaths in Sweden in 2012 versus 2020.

According to the Swedish statistics office Sweden recorded its highest tally of deaths in the first half of 2020 for 150 years.

Perhaps they are addressing the crowded ski lines that were a disaster over the weekend...?

https://www.20min.ch/story/politiker...n-574196631116

https://www.20min.ch/story/skigebiet...n-941710373724

Has anyone used that PCR test from Roche/Viselio that can be done at home? They say it is accepted in several countries and is reliable.

Do you know of an online library for English books? I prefer having a book to an e-book.

Stauffacher has been absolutely packed in Bern on Saturdays and considering how many people were sitting reading books and milling slowly about, I understand why they were shut.

Plus quite a few people seemed to think that they couldn't read unless they took their mask off ...

Just the regular Tuesday press conference I would imagine.

Anyone can order a book from an online catalogue and then pick it up, that's how it works here. Libraries have a large register of books in English. You can order from Zentral Bibliothek for example but pick it up here in French speaking region. Return them here too.

I haven't heard of it, but to me it sounds quite implausible that a self-administered PCR test can be accepted anywhere (it has to be carried by professionals by inserting a long flexible stub into your nose down your throat and is quite uncomfortable, done it three times here for travel).

In Neuchâtel Canton we also have a Bibliobus- which goes to smaller towns and villages that do not have a Library. They have a good selection of books, but you can also order any book you want from them in advance

Do other regions have a similar service?

Here's a good example of why high school / uni should be changed to distance learning:

https://www.20min.ch/story/ich-habe-...n-949146110723

Because of the rupture of the train connection in one location?

Perks on living in AG, never seen the local Orell Füssli packed

I think the article says Berufsschule not Universität. Different needs I guess, possible to learn crystallography from a book, harder to learn to weld by watching a video and not practicing.

Ditto

No, because it is causing young adults to crowd together in public transport. It is happening everyday here in Bern without disruptions.

We still have a lot to learn about this disease, especially the long-term effects.

You are both right - the population of Sweden has grown by nearly 10% since 2012 - so more deaths but a lower death rate.

FWIW I think the reason for this lower death rate is a large amount of migration into SE recently - which is predominantly young people dragging down the overall death rate. Comparing it to 2019 is more relevant - obviously since the population has not changed so much since then.

It's only a correlation. There's no way to determine who caused diabetes or the heart problems, the virus or the habits of the virus' hosts?

It would be really interesting to determine if the virus contributes to diabetes or heart problems. Or simply the tests done during hospital admission lead to the diagnosis of an existing but previously unknown condition. Even before covid19, diabetes was not homogeneously distributed among the UK population, so why the surprise that one year after the heterogeneity is still there? https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-and-ethnicity.html

Whoops!

Infected during a ski holiday in Switzerland - 5000 people in quarantine
A Belgian woman was infected with the mutated version of the corona virus on her ski holiday in Switzerland. She then disregarded the corona quarantine. 5000 people are now in quarantine.

https://www.20min.ch/story/belgierin...e-666548353523