Thread by @KeithbeggBegg

We have grown accustomed to hearing low grade bureaucrats and epidemiologists proclaim that #Sweden "will have attained herd-immunity" in April, May, and June. All false of course. Most reports were never peer-reviewed and the false claims keep on coming with no substantiation

One of the king-pins of these falsified claims is Tom Britton a Mathematical Statistician with no experience in epidemiology from @Stockholm_Uni - All his claims have proved false yet he continues on with bombastic enthusiasm with his dangerous assumptions and miscalculations.

In his latest opinion, as Tom loves the media spotlight he claims that Sweden will fare better if a second wave hits. This is despite the fact that there is no tracing or isolation of those testing + for C19 in Sweden. Clusters are not isolated and reports tell us that immunity

last between 2 and 6 months. You see his false advice is adding fuel to the fire in the disaster unfolding in Sweden. His advice is published as statements painting a false view that things are ok in Sweden and one does not need to worry because we are all immune.

With the 5th highest per capita deaths in the world, soon to surpass Italy for 4th place & the highest daily new cases in Europe his advice is negligent, reckless and bombastic. In an email I wrote calling him out he admits to having being incorrect on at least 2 occasions. Below

He is not alone. Several of the epidemiologists in Sweden have also made stark and untrue calculations where reports have been retracted, amended and proven incorrect. Herd-Immunity is an obsession in Sweden and they are going to great lengths to achieve it using us as lab-rats.

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