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Sweden stands out as the worst in prescribing patients with IVA, keeping the R number low and reducing the spread of infection. This weekend has the OECD report widespread in Sweden as well as in other countries.
But the OECD has made incorrect calculations for several countries when it comes to the number of tests per 100,000 inhabitants.
Backtrack after SVT questions
The OECD has mixed the number of tests performed per week and day for four countries, including Sweden.
– The value was seven times higher. According to them, we were almost at the top when it comes to the amount of testing and that’s not true, says Anders Björkman, professor of infectious diseases at Karolinska Institutet.
After SVT asked the OECD questions about their calculations, they backtracked.
“It is a miscalculation for Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. We will update the report in the next few days,” writes Guillaume Dedet at the OECD.
– It is terrifying and surprising that they missed these mistakes in fact. This shows a lack of knowledge about the covid epidemic, says Anders Björkman.
Tegnell: Incorrect conclusions
As previously reported, state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell is also involved very critical of the study and highlights that the OECD deals primarily with economic issues.
– They have seen it as economic figures. They have not understood the complexity of this data, he says.
Anders Tegnell is especially critical of the OECD findings that Sweden has had great trouble reducing the R number, that is, how many people a sick person infects on average.
– The measurement is done when Sweden increased testing a lot and the more tests, the more cases you find, then it becomes more difficult to get the R number, says Anders Tegnell.
It is unclear whether the incorrect calculations affect other conclusions in the report.
– The covid epidemic is very serious and deserves better analysis and opinions, says Professor Anders Björkman.
