1/ A new interview from Sweden's Anders Tegnell.
- They approached this pandemic like other pandemics
- Hospital system was never overloaded
- Immunity does exist
- Skeptical of masks + contact tracing
- Children aren't at risk
Quotes below:
- They approached this pandemic like other pandemics
- Hospital system was never overloaded
- Immunity does exist
- Skeptical of masks + contact tracing
- Children aren't at risk
Quotes below:
2/ "It is quite certain that immunity does exist. And I think there is a lot of proof of that. For all the cases we have had in Sweden, there has not been one single person who had this disease twice...There is no way we would miss a person who had it twice.”
3/ "There is no such evidence whatsoever [that children are spreading the virus at high levels]. We see extremely few cases among children. Among the 15,000-16,000 cases in Sweden, only 200 were among people less than 20 years of age."
4/ "And then people say, ‘OK, children still have the disease but don't get very sick.’ Children do have the virus now and then. But there is very little evidence that this spreads the virus from children to adults.”
5/ "[at] no time during this pandemic in Sweden where we have had less than 20 percent of the beds free. And then beds are really beds, they are beds with staff, facilities, everything in place."
6/ "We started out using the methods that we always use in public health. Having sort of a conversation with the public, putting a lot of trust in the public and giving a little responsibility to the individuals."
