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Nope, that's what they kind of started saying after the herd immunity experiment failed. Back in May they were still happy to go on record to say that herd immu

Nope, that's what they kind of started saying after the herd immunity experiment failed. Back in May they were still happy to go on record to say that herd immunity was part of the Swedish strategy: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/26/845211085/stockholm-expected-to-reach-herd-immunity-in-may-swedish-ambassador-says https://www.npr.org/2020/04/26/845211085/stockholm-expected-... But by July antibody tests showed that herd immunity was still very far away. Tegnell has since claimed it was never their goal, which to me sounds like hand washing. EDIT: As pointed, Swedish representatives later asked the article to state that herd immunity was not their goal after all - you could almost forgive the journalist for the confusion. Here is Tegnell instead strategizing in private about letting the virus spread in school children to hasten herd immunity: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/17/swedens-covid-19-strategist-under-fire-over-herd-immunity-emails https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/17/swedens-covid-...

cygx 6y ago
But note the correction at the bottom of that page: April 27, 2020 An earlier version of this story said the Swedish government is pursuing a strategy of "herd immunity." Swedish officials say their plan was to impose limited restrictions instead of a lockdown but have denied they were purposely pursuing a strategy of herd immunity.
polack 6y ago
Herd immunity is a potential side-effect of a virus hitting a population, it was never the strategy! If you have a pandemic with a new virus it would be kind off incompetent of the epidemiologists to not try to calculate if the population will reach herd immunity or not. That does NOT mean that heard immunity is the goal. So where is your source on herd immunity strategy? Or will you just keep on spreading lies? EDIT: Off course Sweden, just as Finland admits, calculated and talked about herd immunity. But there is not a single shred of proof that they picked that as a strategy. Do you really think everyone at the FHM (health agency) colluded on doing this behind the backs of the population and then they all keep it a secret? Why? What would there motives be?
- scoopertrooper 6y ago
  The Guardian article definitely gives the game away. I made a comment earlier featuring some of the more damning quotes from the architect of the Swedish strategy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25580518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25580518

cygx 6y ago

But note the correction at the bottom of that page: April 27, 2020 An earlier version of this story said the Swedish government is pursuing a strategy of "herd immunity." Swedish officials say their plan was to impose limited restrictions instead of a lockdown but have denied they were purposely pursuing a strategy of herd immunity.

polack 6y ago

Herd immunity is a potential side-effect of a virus hitting a population, it was never the strategy! If you have a pandemic with a new virus it would be kind off incompetent of the epidemiologists to not try to calculate if the population will reach herd immunity or not. That does NOT mean that heard immunity is the goal. So where is your source on herd immunity strategy? Or will you just keep on spreading lies? EDIT: Off course Sweden, just as Finland admits, calculated and talked about herd immunity. But there is not a single shred of proof that they picked that as a strategy. Do you really think everyone at the FHM (health agency) colluded on doing this behind the backs of the population and then they all keep it a secret? Why? What would there motives be?

scoopertrooper 6y ago
The Guardian article definitely gives the game away. I made a comment earlier featuring some of the more damning quotes from the architect of the Swedish strategy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25580518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25580518