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I'm Swedish but I live in Scotland and I've been watching the Swedish approach to COVID with great interest. I remain fairly sceptical but I also thought this i
by K0nserv 6y ago
I'm Swedish but I live in Scotland and I've been watching the Swedish approach to COVID with great interest. I remain fairly sceptical but I also thought this interview[0] with Johan Giesecke who was the previous state epidemiologist and is advising both WHO and the current state epidemiologist interesting. In particular it seems like Sweden messed up the response in elderly care which is something that everyone is admiting to.
I do think it's too early to say whether Sweden's approach is as bad as it currently looks, likely this is not something that can be measured and compared to other nations for years.
0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfN2JWifLCY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfN2JWifLCY
- diryawish 6y agoMistakes in elderly care appear to be the main driver of high death rates.
- rob74 6y agoAbout "messing up the response in elderly care": I wonder what the strategy was there - if you want to protect the elderly, you also have to limit the freedom of movement of the employees that care for them and of the visitors, otherwise one of them will inevitably bring the infection in. But even if you do that, these persons can be infected by the people they live with - where do you draw the line? So I don't think it's about messing up in elderly care, it's more that the whole plan is unrealistic, it's just in elderly care that it shows...
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoYou can only accomplish so much, but many places didn't even do the basics. I don't know what Sweden did specifically, but there are stories from many countries of elder care homes being required to accept coronavirus patients.
- K0nserv 6y agoWidespread use of PPE by staff, stringent hygiene requirements and general carefulness come to mind