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Professor Alexandru Rafila, Romania’s representative to the WHO, claims that the Swedish model was misinterpreted. The lack of restrictions came with a very good communication campaign, in which officials explained to people that it was in their power to limit the effects of the pandemic. Rafila says that such a strategy can also be applied in Romania, but only if officials benefit from the trust of the people.
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“I had a little more extensive comment on the Swedish model, I described what happened there and the Swedish model is not a decision. It is a process. Because I don’t think that any country can ever apply such a model in the other.
In Sweden, in early spring, in the absence of restrictions, there were a significant number of cases with quite high mortality, especially in vulnerable groups, but then due to a very good communication and education strategy, people understood that the control this pandemic depends on them, in their country of course, and the normality of public and economic life also depends.
This is the Swedish model. However, to arrive at this model, we need a construction. What should come out now and even if restrictive measures are taken in the next period, we should be able to build public trust in decision makers.
It seems to me that we are wasting time with all kinds of sterile debates: who is to blame, who was responsible, ”said Alexandru Rafila, on Antena 3.
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