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Starting today, December 14, the national councils on the corona pandemic will replace the local ones. To remind everyone in Sweden, the 22 million mobile phone numbers must receive a message from the Swedish Public Health Agency and the Swedish Civil Protection and Emergency Planning Agency.
Limit travel, avoid congestion and celebrate Christmas and the New Year in a small circle, the Public Health Agency emphasized last week. “Remember that eight is the new norm for all social situations, including Christmas and New Year celebrations,” was Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s definition of the maximum number for a small circle.
Woke up early Reactions on social media to the content of the text message. As a sender, an authority such as Fohm has been abbreviated, rather than FHM, which is much better known to the public, and there is no link to the new stricter rules.
The text message from the authorities that was sent on Monday
The explanation for the lesser known abbreviation is that it is the actual and official abbreviation of the Swedish Public Health Agency, and it would be “misleading not to use the correct abbreviation”. Why no link is attached, as was the case in the Finnish and Norwegian counterparts, the authority explains that it was not technically possible and that “you have to contact mobile operators for more information”. MSB adds:
Clickable links can sometimes appear for fraudulent purposes, so-called smishing attacks. For a comprehensive mailing like this, we do not want to contribute to this, therefore there is no link to click. “
Another perceived shortcoming is that the message only arrives in Swedish, as opposed to Finnish which arrived in four languages. The authorities admit that they cannot be completely sure that everyone will understand the text message, but note that special efforts are being made to reach children and children who do not speak Swedish, including through cooperation with the National Agency for Education and the Agency for Support to Religious Communities.
