Thread by @DrEricDing

Sweden #COVID19 response is just crazy.

“🇸🇪 authorities actively discouraged people from wearing masks, they said would spread panic, can provide a false sense of safety. Some doctors who insisted on wearing mask at work were reprimanded or fired.” 🧵
sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/i…

2) “Until last month, Sweden’s official policy stated people without obvious symptoms are very unlikely to spread the virus. So instead of being quarantined or asked to stay home, family, colleagues, & classmates of cases had to attend school & show up for work, unless symptoms.”

3) “Testing in Sweden still lags behind many other countries, and in many districts infected people are expected to notify their own contacts—in contrast to, say, Germany and Norway, where small armies of contact tracers help track down people who may have been exposed.”

4) 25 leading Swedish scientists:

➡️”🇸🇪 hoped herd immunity would curb #COVID19. Don't do what we did.”

➡️ “🇸🇪 approach to COVID has led to death, grief and suffering. The only example we're setting is how not to deal with a deadly infectious disease” amp.usatoday.com/amp/5472100002

5) Another 21 Swedish experts denounced “herd” policy: “The strategy has led to death, grief, & suffering—no indications that the Swedish economy has fared better. We have set an example for 🌍 on how not to deal with a deadly infectious disease.” fortune.com/2020/07/27/her…

6) All this to say... Sweden is crazy, but on par with our WH’s batshit crazy #COVID19 outbreak lately.