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CARL BILDT: The former Swedish Prime Minister is critical of the work of Anders Tegnell. Photo: Young, Heiko / NTB scanpix
Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has been featured in the media since the end of the crown pandemic. Among other things, Tegnell has criticized harsh measures by other countries to stop the spread of the virus. This causes Carl Bildt (70) to react.
“This is not a crisis in which one should sit on his high horse,” former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt tells Svenska Dagbladet.
While Norway and most other countries have taken strict measures to prevent transmission of the coronavirus, Sweden has chosen not to close the country.
The background to Bildt’s criticism is an article in the same newspaper in which Anders Tegnell stated that the governments of many countries have taken the restrictions too forcefully.
– Underline what we have been saying all along. It’s about having a sustainable strategy. Much of what we have seen is unsustainable. You can’t lock people up too long, or keep schools closed, he told the newspaper.
This causes Bildt to react. In a Twitter thread, he writes that “the government should probably tell Tegnell that it should stop mentioning and criticizing other countries.”
When the newspaper asks if you think a mouthwash should be applied to the state epidemiologist, the answer is yes.
– No, it is not strange, and I did, says Bildt, adding that he believes that Sweden’s attitude can be perceived as arrogant.
Bildt was Swedish Prime Minister from 1991-1994 and Minister of Foreign Affairs for 000000.
This is far from the first time that Tegnell has come under fire lately.
Earlier, one of Tegnell’s main criticisms, virus scientist and professor Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, came out and demanded the departure of Anders Tegnell.
DISPUTES: Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has received much criticism for how Sweden has handled the pandemic. Photo: TT NEWS AGENCY / X02350
