The land where Covid is now no worse than a cold
 

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Welcome to Denmark, where Covid is over – again. Yesterday, the
Scandinavian nation became the first country in Europe to put an end to all
coronavirus-related laws. In the eyes of the Danish government and,
crucially, the vast majority of its 5.8m citizens, the virus is no longer deemed
a “critical threat to society”. Cases remain high – very high – but the Danes
have moved on. Even if you test positive, there is no longer a legal obligation
to self-isolate.

In the capital, Copenhagen, there was an atmosphere of cautious relief on
Tuesday morning as people crammed into the Metro, onto commuter trains
and buses, and into shops without face masks for the first time since
November.

Even the new, more transmissible BA.2 omicron variant that now dominates
infections in Denmark could not put people off. Tyra Grove Krause, director of
infection preparedness at the country’s infectious diseases agency SSI, said
there was nothing for it but to let the new wave “run through the population”.

“With omicron, it is impossible to stop the spread of infection, even with
severe restrictions,” she said, before predicting that natural immunity would
now combine with Denmark’s high vaccination rates to send the latest wave
into decline by the middle of this month. As far as community health is
concerned, Covid is now on a par with the common cold.

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Prime minister Mette Frederiksen: ‘We have the clear expectation that we can avoid major lockdowns in the future’

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i think in principle its the right approach, but nothing is certain yet, so there needs to be a degree of caution

The title said:

"The land where Covid is now no worse than a cold"


The article actually said:

"As far as community health is concerned, Covid is now on a par with the common cold."

Please read the two statements above and explain how and why they don't actually say the same thing at all. (10 marks)

Yes Omicron

But Not Delta

Well done Denmark

Go outside, no one in the uk is social distancing or wearing masks anymore

yes well done to Denmark, and how things are looking now we might expect audiences again for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2022

I still wear a mask

Outside?

ready for the Ø Variant?

Bet you wear it while youre driving too

I don't drive

I wear it on buses and where there's a few people ,you can make fun all you want I don't care .

Doctor JOhn thinks the Danes have handled the pandemic the best

It's worse than a cold,and infact flu as well. We are still seeing 250 deaths a day.

And we still have a fat donut telling us what and what not to do, a man who's word means nothing to the vast majority of the population now.

it isnt worse than flu at all the symptoms are similar to a cold

350 people die of flu on average each winter...do some sums...

Then come and join my darts game.

Covid is just another virus along with several others that vulnerable people can die from. You can't die twice, so we need to look at the total number of deaths across all respiratory diseases and compare to previous years. It's not unusual in previous years for 300 people to die a day from flu, so if the total deaths per day is at a similar level now across covid + flu then its no worse than pre pandemic deaths

incorrect its around 28,000 in the UK

It must have been this years figures, james k brian quoted 250 this morning.

flu in previous years has been about 300 deaths a day in the uk in winter