Tegnell has clarified what he meant, and thinks foreign media has misquoted him: https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/anders-tegnell-there-are-things-we-could-have

Tegnell has clarified what he meant, and thinks foreign media has misquoted him: https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/anders-tegnell-there-are-things-we-could-have-done-better/ https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/anders-tegnell-there-are-t... As a follow-up to the above article, he furthermore said that he "sometimes feels like a personal punching bag, but that's something I'll have to take". Tegnell is one to rarely, if ever, admit to being at fault. In my view, he's always had this air about him of infallibility. He's almost never wrong, and he's criticized every other country's way of counting cases and casualties at every opportunity, without giving any reasoning. He's also come with very inconsistent, almost asinine statements. The last one cheering that Sweden only had 8 new reported deaths this past Monday, even though that reporting always lags behind directly after weekends. When I read that quote I thought "but it'll be back to 50-70 reported deaths in a day or two like it's been for a month now". And not to toot my own horn, but I was right. From where I sit, almost everything he says has an angle to downplay risks. There are no guidelines to wear masks in Sweden because "the science is not clear" of its efficacy (true-ish), but in the next breath he parrots things like "these kinds of viruses don't like the summer heat, so we expect the upcoming summer to improve things" which, from what I've read, is even more scientifically unclear. Nevertheless, he is the public face of the Covid-19 and has an enormous fan club in Sweden. I'm sure several people will rush to his defense here as well.