Swedes were encouraged to work from home if possible and limit travel within the country. In addition, people aged 70 or older were asked to limit social contact, and people with COVID symptoms were asked to self-isolate. The goal was to protect the elderly and other high-risk groups while slowing down the spread of the virus so the healthcare system wouldn’t become overwhelmed.
As the number of cases surged, some restrictions were imposed. Public events were limited to a maximum of 50 people in March 2020, and eight people in November 2020. Visits to nursing homes were banned and upper secondary schools closed. Primary schools did, however, remain open throughout the pandemic.
Face masks were not recommended for the general public during the first wave, and only in certain situations later in the pandemic.
Ah a medical expert as I can see. Please go ahead and enlighten me: where is your systemic proof of the ineffectiveness of masks as a precaution to reduce the spread of Covid?
If it's not too much to ask, please be so kind to provide the statistics regarding the different severity levels and corresponding number of cases of Covid while comparing that to the common cold.
Thank you. Being with someone who endured a hard cancer treatment and having a weak immune system since then, I really appreciate it if people wear masks where appropriate to protect themselves and others.
Not natively, but with help of containers. I found two projects and to be honest I don't know much about them yet, as I still use Android for device warranty reasons. (But I am eager to try as soon as the warranty expires.)
(Companies like Volla, FXP and Fairphone offer compatible Ubuntu Phones as part of their business. Their reputation rests on preventing any major problems and taking a long view. Some devices can even be bought with Ubuntu Touch already installed!
I would find it awkward if not only my colleagues but also their pets would suddenly be in my home. I would need to wear pants and I don't even know how everyone would fit in here. There's not enough space.
From a technical perspective that's less an issue with people and more an issue with the technology design. People aim for the most comfortable, ergonomic way to hold a smartphone. Which is, you already know it, holding it "vertically" (= long side up, small side sideways). You can easily do it with one hand, whereas you usually need two hands to hold it horizontally.
However, it is easily possible to place the camera sensor chip such that it can capture images in widescreen format even when holding the device vertically. Manufacturers usually don't do this, because they want to allow a more intuitive handling, like "what you see is what you get". If you hold the phone horizontally, this is directly reflected by a widescreen image and the other way around.
Since people also usually hold their phones vertically when using apps, several platforms, like YouTube for example as well as their content creators, have developed improved support for this. So you can continue mindless scrolling while enjoying more of an image. If the videos / images were in widescreen, the image would be scaled down and details might be missed when holding the device vertically. You would have a lot of black and just a small box in the middle with the images or videos. Probably everyone who reads this will have experienced this.
However, this is of course annoying for people who don't mind holding the phone horizontally or who are watching videos on a widescreen device like a PC monitor. And that's not a surprise. We humans evolved to have a larger field of view in horizontal than in vertical direction. We can see more to our sides, but less in up-down directions.
I don't fear that movies or shows will be recorded in this format (other than for artistic purposes), since that's a thing where even the comfortable "vertical phone holders" will prefer the wider screen format. But for cheap low effort content or shorter videos and if the target platforms are usually used on smartphones, this is probably a nuisance we have to learn to live with. ;)
I'm notoriously good at avoiding parties. But if I were at one, I would be the kind of person who would ask to unwrap the foil if I'm told there was a cyst in it.
In German those dogs are called "Deutsche Schäferhunde", which literally translates to "German shepherd dogs". My guess is, that this was simplified to just "german shepherds" over time.
You're right. The flu should be more present in the news as well.