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@CNRS scientist (cognitive neuroscience) @univamu & @ILCB_France. Multilingual/national family 🇧🇪🇸🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺😅. Tweets: #science #cycling & #wines
Apr 13, 2020 34 tweets 11 min read
The curious case of #Sweden

In contrast to other countries Sweden’s confinement measures against #SARS_COV_2 are softer. Their data are for some prove of irresponsible opportunism, for others that the rest overreacted.

Both are (for now) wrong. Long thread on data and nuance./1 Let’s start by debunking some “myths”:
1) and foremost, no, Sweden is not actively pursuing #Herd_Immunity as strategy.
According to Tegnell, Sweden’s state epidemiologist, herd immunity is a *potential* end state, not a potential response strategy.
So what is their strategy? /2