Thread by @tomaspueyo

In the end, Sweden also locked down.
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This is the passage with the details of the measures.
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I wrote a long article about Sweden's failed approach back in June, hoping this could be avoided. Unfortunately, people looked at the Summer recess in caseloads as a sign that the strategy had been successful.

They were wrong.
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medium.com/@tomaspueyo/co…

Until very recently, this is the type of of message I consistently received about Sweden.

The gist of it was: "Sweden was right in letting the virus loose because that built herd immunity", even less than 10% of the country had been infected.
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sebastianrushworth.com/2020/08/04/how…

They had to invent magical thinking, hypothesizing that somehow a poorly understood T-cell immunity was protecting Swedes.

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I explained why this understanding was wrong back in August
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https://twitter.com/tomaspueyo/status/1298204730951254021?s=20

Here it is, summarized in a series of DMs, where I predicted that the second wave would be... In October or November
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In a perfect world, those who supported the Swedish approach would look at the evidence, adjust their conclusions, and ask the Swedish government to prepare to dance, so that they can relieve the lockdowns without a new spike in cases.
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Unfortunately, I don't think the Swedish apologists will update their beliefs. In fact, I expect them to double down in their anger. But that doesn't matter.

What matters is whether the Swedish gov. does what's right.

I have little faith Tegnell will do it though.
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He's consistently been given the same advice over the months, and he's consistently disregarded it.
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svd.se/mejlen-avsloja…

Extracts from the article, using Google Translate:

Which means either Swedish politicians stop listening to him, or the Swedish population is on its own.
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