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| Coronavirus: ‘Futile and immoral' to seek herd immunity, says Sweden's chief epidemiologist |
| 2020-10-30 |
| h/t HotAir It is "futile and immoral" to seek herd immunity as a protection from a pandemic, and the transmission of an infectious disease like Covid-19 cannot be fully halted without a vaccine, Sweden's chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has said. During the first wave of Covid-19 outbreaks in Europe earlier this year, Sweden decided against a national lockdown and its schools, restaurants, and shops remained open. However, people aged over 70 were cautioned to limit their social contacts. Die Zeit reported that Dr Tegnell, who was the key person behind that approach, said Sweden is now at a critical juncture as the number of daily cases has increased by 70 per cent in a week. Despite a rise in cases, Dr Tegnell said the curve was rising less steeply than in other countries and has not led to more people needing hospital admissions. Guess Andy still haven't grasped what "exponential" means. p.s. The Swedish government has insisted all along that it wasn’t pursuing herd immunity. What it’s done instead is take a middle-ground approach, which increasingly resembles the U.S. approach. It closed high schools and universities in favor of distance learning. It left elementary schools and businesses open, but encouraged people to take sensible precautions against infection. It advised the old and vulnerable to isolate themselves (https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2020/10/29/swedens-state-epidemiologist-says-herd-immunity-strategy-futile-immoral-cases-rise/) |
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