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Swedish Expert: Why Lockdowns Are The Wrong Policy by Kei144(m): 11:58am On Apr 18, 2020
Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiologists, advisor to the Swedish Government (he hired Anders Tegnell who is currently directing Swedish strategy), the first Chief Scientist of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and an advisor to the director general of the WHO, lays out with typically Swedish bluntness why he thinks:

UK policy on lockdown and other European countries are not evidence-based

The correct policy is to protect the old and the frail only

This will eventually lead to herd immunity as a “by-product”

The initial UK response, before the “180 degree U-turn”, was better

The Imperial College paper was “not very good” and he has never seen an unpublished paper have so much policy impact

The paper was very much too pessimistic

Any such models are a dubious basis for public policy anyway

The flattening of the curve is due to the most vulnerable dying first as much as the lockdown

The results will eventually be similar for all countries

Covid-19 is a “mild disease” and similar to the flu, and it was the novelty of the disease that scared people.

The actual fatality rate of Covid-19 is the region of 0.1%

At least 50% of the population of both the UK and Sweden will be shown to have already had the disease when mass antibody testing becomes available

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/18/swedish_epidemiologist_johan_giesecke_why_lockdowns_are_the_wrong_policy.html
Re: Swedish Expert: Why Lockdowns Are The Wrong Policy by PureGoldh(m): 12:56pm On Apr 18, 2020
This CoronaVirus matter is getting out of hands.

Pls my people,Try as Much as possible to stay safe this period...we will surely overcome dx deadly virus
Re: Swedish Expert: Why Lockdowns Are The Wrong Policy by Bevista: 1:00pm On Apr 18, 2020
Sweden has implemented very lose lockdown policy, with some schools, bars, restaurants still remaining open. There has not been any significant rise in cases unlike countries like Italy, US, UK, etc who have been on complete lockdown yet still reporting higher infection (and death) numbers.
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"People won’t tolerate severe lockdown for more than a month or two, since boredom, isolation, and economic desperation will get overwhelming."
Re: Swedish Expert: Why Lockdowns Are The Wrong Policy by sweetmelanin(f): 9:04am On Apr 19, 2020
Bevista:
Sweden has implemented very lose lockdown policy, with some schools, bars, restaurants still remaining open. There has not been any significant rise in cases unlike countries like Italy, US, UK, etc who have been on complete lockdown yet still reporting higher infection (and death) numbers.
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"People won’t tolerate severe lockdown for more than a month or two, since boredom, isolation, and economic desperation will get overwhelming."


I know for one that the UK death numbers are totally bogus! They're reporting every death as Covid-19 over here.. suddenly no one is dying from the common Flu, Pneumonia, Heart attack etc.. it's all now "Covid". Smh.

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Re: Swedish Expert: Why Lockdowns Are The Wrong Policy by sapientia(m): 9:33am On Apr 19, 2020
Long nonsense.

OP, please, I would love to read from the source.

The message here is not in any way comprehensive.
Re: Swedish Expert: Why Lockdowns Are The Wrong Policy by Kei144(m): 4:06pm On Apr 19, 2020
sapientia:
Long nonsense.

OP, please, I would love to read from the source.

The message here is not in any way comprehensive.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/18/swedish_epidemiologist_johan_giesecke_why_lockdowns_are_the_wrong_policy.html

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