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– Most of the predictions have been wrong and the coronavirus continues to surprise us. Therefore, it is difficult, if not impossible, to predict how it will play out in 2021.
Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell writes this in a Christmas column in Dagens Industri.
Tegnell is the man behind Sweden’s controversial crown strategy. He has previously warned that a coronary vaccine will not solve all the problems associated with the disease.
– All vaccines have strengths and weaknesses. A vaccine can give us the opportunity to reduce the infection, but getting rid of it is an entirely different matter. There is only one disease that we fully vaccinate, and that is smallpox, he said in an interview with SVT Agenda this summer.
“Covid-19 is here to stay”
Tegnell further writes in the Dagens Industri publication that they are in a better position with an effective vaccine.
– However, it is still highly uncertain how current vaccines will actually work, writes Tegnell.
– The Swedish Public Health Agency is in full swing with preparations for the day we receive the vaccine. Covid-19 is likely here to stay. Many of the infection control rules introduced during the pandemic will likely remain relevant next year.
“It worked excellently”
Tegnell writes that several outbreaks of variants of the coronavirus have occurred in recent years, but that no one has reached Sweden. But the Wuhan infection was impossible to stop.
He writes that Sweden worked “excellently” to stop the infection of China, Iran, Italy and Austria. The country managed relatively well to limit the spread of the infection in the management of the crown, according to Tegnell, except in the care of the elderly, which caused a “high death rate among the frail elderly.”
– Since then, awareness, preparation and management of the pandemic in the care of the elderly has developed positively and this summer and autumn there were few cases of infection in Sweden, he writes.
Sweden is among the countries in Europe where the second corona wave has hit the hardest. The country is far ahead of the other Nordic countries in terms of the total number of deaths from coronavirus. Almost 400,000 people are registered infected and more than 8,200 have lost their lives in Sweden as a result of the virus.
The state epidemiologist concludes the article as follows:
– The Swedish Public Health Authority and not least I as a state epidemiologist have received a lot of attention in the past year, which has been largely positive, because it has led to an increased focus on many important health challenges. In 2021, we look forward to living up to the trust we have received from many.
Got a slap from the crown commission
Tegnell is among those who have promoted the theory of herd immunity in handling the coronavirus, claiming in April that Sweden could gain herd immunity during May.
The Swedish crown’s strategy was hailed by WHO expert David Nabarro in late summer, who believed that countries should move away from the “lockdown” on managing the corona virus. At that time, several European countries experienced a new outbreak of infection, while Sweden kept infection rates low without introducing closures.
But this fall, Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO chief Tedro, strongly opposed allowing flock immunity to be used as a strategy to cope with a pandemic. ‘
In December, the first interim report came from the crown commission appointed by the Swedish government. He criticized the Public Health Authority for being too late to the field with action and advice, something Tegnell denied.(Terms)Copyright Dagens Næringsliv AS and / or our suppliers. We want you to share our cases via a link, which leads directly to our pages. Copying or other use of all or part of the content may only be done with written permission or as permitted by law. For more terms, see here.
