Sweden: Epidemiologists conflict and controversy over ‘herd immunity’



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At that time the specialists in the disease COVID-19 point out that the situation in Stockholm A leading Swedish epidemiologist is quick to minimize the risk for citizens of the Swedish capital, saying “herd immunity” has already worked.

So far, the Nordic country is the only one in Europe you have not performed a “lockdown” to slow the spread of the disease COVID-19, simply making recommendations to citizens.

But now, seeing cases of the new coronavirus has increased significantly in Stockholm, the sanitary Authorities are preparing to announce new stricter measures.

For its strategy Sweden By emphasizing personal responsibility rather than a “lockdown” to curb the virus, authorities have come under fire as deaths have risen since the spring. However, on Friday, authorities recorded around 1,200 new cases and five deaths compared to 200 daily cases reported by authorities in recent weeks.

The increase in new cases worries the Swedish Ministry of Health and is quietly trying … to collect them.

“The moving average has risen slightly,” Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s leading epidemiologist, who hides from “herd immunity,” told a news conference.

“The health sector is not affected at the moment.” The number of new cases in ICUs is very low and the number of deaths is very low. “At the same time, however, he acknowledged that they cannot be rule out new stricter measures for the capital.

Since the pandemic began, the Swedish authorities have recorded a total of 5,870 deaths, more than their Scandinavian neighbors, but also less than countries like Spain and Italy that have opted for a tough “lockdown”.

Contrary to officials at the Swedish Health Ministry, experts say authorities should not take tougher measures, as with “herd immunity”, Sweden has prevented a second wave of pandemics.

“According to Kim Snepen, specialist in the new coronavirus, professor at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Sweden may have beaten the pandemic,” writes the British newspaper “Daily Mail”.

In an interview with the Danish newspaper Politiken, he said: “There is some evidence that the Swedes have acquired some degree of immunity and, with everything they do to stop the spread of the disease, they have controlled it.”

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