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Anders Tegnell stubbornly clings to his course. Sweden is better equipped than other countries for the second wave, which will arrive in the fall. You have a simple explanation for the high mortality rate in your country.
“Sweden will have a high level of immunity,” says state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell. He is sticking to his special course. (Image: Keystone)
While Switzerland is returning to normal this Monday with the opening of schools, shops and restaurants, there is growing concern worldwide about a second crown wave that could affect the world in the fall. Sweden, of all people, who took a special path with only very weak measures in the crown crisis, can expect this second wave of virus with ease.
At least that’s what Sweden’s state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell believes. The 64-year-old man told the British Financial Times newspaper that the Swedish special form would be worth it. “There will be a second wave in the fall. Sweden will have high immunity. The number of new cases is likely to be quite low. ”
Tegnell estimates that by the end of May, about 40 percent of people in Sweden’s capital Stockholm will be immune to Covid-19 disease caused by the coronavirus. This would make Sweden look much better than other countries.
Vaccination is far from over
The high level of immunity is particularly important because society will have to live with the virus for a long time, says Tegnell. “It will be much longer than we think until the vaccine arrives. And we don’t know how good the vaccine will be. This is another reason to quickly find a way to make public life as tolerable as possible despite the virus.
“It will be much longer than we think until the vaccine arrives.”
Despite Tegnell’s firm adherence to the Swedish special course, criticism is also expressed of the strategy followed by the health authorities in the Nordic country. With 3,220 deaths per 10.2 million inhabitants, Sweden has a Covid 19 mortality rate that is more than three times higher than that of Denmark (526 deaths per 5.8 million inhabitants) and even a mortality rate that is more seven times greater than Norway (219 deaths per 5, 4 million inhabitants). A few weeks ago, around 2,000 Swedish health experts issued an open letter to the Swedish government calling for stricter immediate measures, to no avail.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Anders Tegnell emphasized that it would only be clear in a year or two whether Sweden’s special form would really be worth it. Tegnell describes the fact that Sweden had insufficiently protected their retirement homes from the epidemic as “very unfortunate”.
But despite the high death rate and drama in Sweden’s nursing homes, where large numbers of people have died: The confidence of the Swedish population in their health authorities even increased during the crisis.
