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In Sweden, 103,200 have been infected with the coronavirus. To date, 5,918 have died from causes related to the crown.
These are much higher figures than in neighboring countries. Adjusted for population, Sweden has the sixteenth highest death rate in the world. Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has received harsh criticism for this.
Unlike neighboring countries, in fact, Tegnell is primarily responsible for the authorities’ handling of the virus. The Swedish constitution guarantees a high degree of independence for the Public Health Authority. The government is expected to follow Tegnell’s advice to the letter.
In a recent interview with the New Statesman, reproduced by Expressen, among others, Tegnell once again defends Sweden’s crown strategy.
Never let the virus run free
In the interview, Tegnell insists that Sweden never aimed to get as many people as possible infected with the virus to achieve herd immunity.
– You are wrong. Like other countries, we try to stop the spread as much as possible. To suggest that we let the disease run free without any measures to stop it is not true, he tells the website.
Tegnell emphasizes that if they had really advocated for herd immunity, the Swedish healthcare system would have been completely overwhelmed.
The state epidemiologist also believes that there is one thing that separates Sweden from neighboring countries:
– We had a huge broadcast in Stockholm at the beginning, which was similar to the broadcast in London, Amsterdam and Brussels; these places are in many ways more similar to Sweden than our Nordic neighbors. Stockholm and the other places have a large population from other countries, which is important as the spread is higher and faster in those groups. tells the website.
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Blockage avoided
In Sweden and the UK, half of corona deaths have occurred in nursing homes. Employees early refused to wear face masks, fearing this could scare residents. They were also encouraged to be restrictive about hospitalizations, writes New Statsman.
In June, when the death toll rose, Tegnell admitted there was room for improvement in handling the virus. But he still believes that it is not the absence of confinement that is to blame for the high death toll.
At the end of August, Tegnell received the support of a special adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO), David Nabarro. In an interview with an Australian radio show, he claimed that New Zealand should not have closed Auckland.
– We have to get away from the confinement to be able to live with the virus. Instead, authorities should have resources to detect infections and encourage people to live normally, according to DN.
