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Foreigners tend to confuse Switzerland with Sweden. When it comes to the Corona strategy, we can hardly distinguish ourselves from our big sister in the far north. Like Sweden at the beginning of the pandemic, Switzerland is vehemently resisting a second shutdown and risks many deaths. Some observers abroad do not understand this at all.
This is what Greece says:
In an interview with the Greek private broadcaster “Skai”, the president of the Greek Association of Intensive Care Medicine Anastasia Kotanidou said: “We would never do what the Swiss do.”
Kotanidou is addressing the threat of triage in Switzerland, according to which doctors should decide who gets an intensive care bed and who doesn’t. Greece is doing its best to avoid such a situation in the first place, Kotanidou said. Since November 7, there has been a blockade again in Greece.
Here’s what the United States says:
The US magazine “Foreign Policy” issued the Swiss government a poverty certificate. He wasted time to introduce the necessary measures. He put economic interests above health. Therefore, the title of the article is surprising: “Switzerland puts saving before human life!”
The “New York Times” even reports that intensive care beds in Switzerland are already full. In retrospect, the newspaper improved its statement. The added intensive care beds were not included, so there is still space in the intensive care units.
This is what Germany says:
The German Robert Koch Institute declared the whole of Switzerland a risk zone on 24 October. The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” wonders why the Swiss government is reluctant to take “tough measures” and immediately gives the answer: “One reason is probably fear of economic loss, always an important argument in economically liberal Switzerland.”
The “world” even considers the Swiss “laissez faire strategy” to have failed. Our measures would have been ineffective. “In Switzerland, the situation of the crown threatens to escalate,” continues the newspaper.
This is what England says:
The British business newspaper “Financial Times” describes our corona measures as “surprisingly soft” considering that the surrounding countries have long been in the second lockdown. “Only Switzerland resists,” criticizes the newspaper. (hac)
