Sweden s Pandemic Strategy Deadly for Most Vulnerable | Opinion Nuri Kino
, independent investigative reporter On 2/11/21 at 5:30 AM EST
In Sweden, the foreign-born are overrepresented among COVID-19 deaths. It is no secret. Neither the Swedish media nor the country s politicians are willing to discuss the tragedy publicly. Is the reality too hard to handle for a country that considers itself to be one of the most humanitarian in the world?
Thirty-eight people I know passed away from COVID-19. They are relatives, friends and acquaintances. Among them my beloved uncle Melek, my aunt Ziyane, my relative by marriage and good friend s 41-year-old son Lutfi, my father s friend the priest Munir Barbar s son Jean, my mother s friends Maryam and Nabihat, my father s friends Abdulmesih, Samuel and Davut.