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Norway/Finland also have comparatively excellent data about the pandemic, and can make policy based on science rather than assumptions. Here is a Norway chart showing which occupations were most exposed to #coronavirus, neatly divided in first/second wave
https://www.wsj.com/articles/finland-and-norway-avoid-covid-19-lockdowns-but-keep-the-virus-at-bay-11605704407?st=nfswdx5e6vgscd7
https://www.wsj.com/articles/finland-and-norway-avoid-covid-19-lockdowns-but-keep-the-virus-at-bay-11605704407?st=nfswdx5e6vgscd7
Unlike the rest of Europe, they used the summer to prepare for a winter surge in infections. Finnish universities trained thousands online to conduct contact tracing while Norway boosted its testing capacity to be able to test 5% of its population a week https://www.wsj.com/articles/finland-and-norway-avoid-covid-19-lockdowns-but-keep-the-virus-at-bay-11605704407?st=nfswdx5e6vgscd7
Unlike most European governments, Finland advised citizens to spend their vacations in the country and kept a tight control of the border thought the summer holidays. “That meant we didn’t import infections like most of Europe did,” @mika_salminen said https://www.wsj.com/articles/finland-and-norway-avoid-covid-19-lockdowns-but-keep-the-virus-at-bay-11605704407?st=319hha8ghr5ey9e
Trust was key to Norway’s ability to contain contagion without imposing draconian measures, @BentHHoyre said. He invoked the Old Norse tradition of dugnad—unpaid communal work carried out in solidarity with neighbors—as a recipe for beating the pandemic https://www.wsj.com/articles/finland-and-norway-avoid-covid-19-lockdowns-but-keep-the-virus-at-bay-11605704407?st=liinr1oiq39tfr1
By popular demand: the Norwegian report identifying occupations most likely to be exposed to #COVID19. Bartenders, waiters & transport conductors topping the list, suggesting #coronavirus transmission related to bars, restos & public transport. https://www.fhi.no/en/news/2020/more-covid-19-in-some-occupational-groups/
