Not a difficult barrier. Sensible enough.
The problem in the exemptions are the people who are most likely to move around and spread it.
Same problem the UK has.
The people likely to interact with most other people and move around more and therefore most likely to transmit it are the main groups exempt from testing.
Sweden update
Sweden is still resisting most stupidities. The only new rule is that stores are limited to no more than 500 customers at the same time. Which mostle affects IKEA and some big outlets. This despite the Corona daily deaths being very low (notice that 2 week old data is approximately 90% correct, and 3 week "99%"). The new measures are wholly based on test results.
Corona deaths daily: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/09f821667ce64bf7be6f9f87457ed9aa
As I mentioned earlier the normal epidemic cycle (i.e. statistically average development) mortality pattern in Sweden has a december and january peak, a february trough and a minor march increase. The march increase is now touted as "the 3rd wave". In the ICU stats you may notice this cycle even if the increase interestingly begins already in november (but lots have been odd with this epidemic).
ICU inpatients daily: https://portal.icuregswe.org/siri/report/corona.covid-dagligen
The use of mouth-and-nose-coverings has also increased somewhat. It is difficult to gauge, but perhaps 15% of customers in shops and on public transport use masks and maybe 5% outdoors (there is a dubious opinion poll stating 50%, but the "street reality" does not give those numbers credence).
I can personally confirm that the rule of 4/table in restaurants is not much of a bother. Neither is the slightly bigger distance between tables. The restaurant I visited recently on a thursday was almost full. And as swedes tend to eat early the 2030 rule is also not much of a bother. It's mainly fridays and sundays that are affected. (Sure it's irritating that some cultural events are inhibited, but...)
If you walk about in the popular quarter of Södermalm, especially the Skanstull area it is bustling at almost normal levels and I've heard people say the same about other cities. And sports and training are no problem to pursue. As e.g. the dance course I am attending and another course my friends are attending.
As I mentioned before there is a lot of political pressure on Sweden to conform with the narrative of doom and gloom. A swedish "twitterer" posted this rather funny image about this state of affairs.
https://twitter.com/jhnhellstrom/status/1370733089345929219
I do also suggest this book by a Swedish emergency room doctor S Rushworth:
https://www.amazon.com/Covid-most-what-know-wrong/dp/9188729834 .
And this book (in swedish) by historian Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist "Corona - ett historiskt perspektiv på vår tids pandemi" ("Corona a historical perspective on the pandemic"). An interview in english is available here: https://scastalks.podbean.com/e/scas-talks-episode-3-fredrik-charpentier-ljungqvist-corona-and-the-forgotten-lessons-from-historical-pandemics
And an image of the staff at the emergency room of Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm (6th largest hospital in Sweden, about 4300 staff and 650 beds, filmed beginning of february 2021):
https://vimeo.com/511577573
Thanks for your post..these Jerusalem videos say it all we so so busy.
As I mentioned before there is a lot of political pressure on Sweden to conform with the narrative of doom and gloom. A swedish "twitterer" posted this rather funny image about this state of affairs.
https://twitter.com/jhnhellstrom/status/1370733089345929219
I do also suggest this book by a Swedish emergency room doctor S Rushworth:
https://www.amazon.com/Covid-most-what-know-wrong/dp/9188729834 .
And this book (in swedish) by historian Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist "Corona - ett historiskt perspektiv på vår tids pandemi" ("Corona a historical perspective on the pandemic"). An interview in english is available here: https://scastalks.podbean.com/e/scas-talks-episode-3-fredrik-charpentier-ljungqvist-corona-and-the-forgotten-lessons-from-historical-pandemics
And an image of the staff at the emergency room of Södersjukhuset hospital in Stockholm (6th largest hospital in Sweden, about 4300 staff and 650 beds, filmed beginning of february 2021):
https://vimeo.com/511577573
Thank you for posting these, the interview very interesting ending with "governments seem to be following computer based knowledge not existing empirical knowledge".
