The main state epidemiologist of Sweden Anders Tegnell believes that vaccination makes unnecessary other ways to deal with COVID-19. He told about it in an interview with the British publication Unherd.
“All other things we tried will no longer be important, because the high level of vaccination is the only way with which we can get out of this pandemic,” Tegnell said. – No other ways seem to simply “.
Epidemiologist urged to compete with the fact that COVID-19 will never be defeated to the end. “More and more countries are inclined to this opinion, because even with fantastic vaccines we can only restrain him, but not to eradicate completely,” he says. “We will have to take a certain level of dissemination of infection in society.”
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In 2020, Tehnell insisted on the refusal of strict quarantine measures and argued that thus the population of Sweden would be able to get a collective immunity and avoid new waves of coronavirus. The forecast was erroneous, which led to a significant number of victims. “But many Scandinavian countries suffered even stronger, – an epidemiologist justifies. – I mean, look at the statistics of excessive mortality. In the Sweden, things were not so bad, it was, maybe on the fourth or fifth line from below in the European Union.” / P>
According to the data provided by the Economist magazine, Sweden was the only Scandinavian country in which the COVID-19 pandemic led to significant excessive mortality. At the peak of the first wave, she reached 7.7 thousand dead per week per 100 thousand people. Contrary to the statement of Tegnell, the maximum excessive mortality in Denmark did not exceed 3.2 per 100 thousand, and in Norway – 1.5 per 100 thousand, which is significantly less than in Sweden.
In November 2020, the number of hospitals with Coronavirus in Sweden increased faster than in any other country of Western Europe. The hopes for the fact that the lack of Lokdaunov will save the economy, were also not justified. The economic results of Sweden as a result were no better than in other states with similar conditions.
In July, it was reported that the first stage of vaccination was 76.9 percent of the adult population of Sweden, and the second is 49.1 percent. July 22, Sweden reached zero mortality from COVID-19, but then the growth of infections resumed. From September 20, due to the new coronavirus infection, 46 inhabitants of the country were killed. The total number of victims for all time pandemic reached 14.8 thousand people.