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by imartin2k 2213 days ago
I was specifically referring to Tegnell. I seriously am under the impression that he got almost everything wrong. I personally don't see anything he got right as an expert epidemiologist shaping the country's policy.

Tegnell seriously believed it would be possible to have the virus spread through Sweden's healthy population, having them build up herd immunity, while not infecting those in risk groups, and ending up with a very low number of fatalities while keeping everything else running.

This man has zero ability for system's thinking and intelligent forecasting. I'm not sure if this is something one would need as a epidemiologist working with virus research. But one surely needs it if one is the leading figure shaping a country's complex response to a new virus.

Thanks for the addition regarding immunity, I forgot that one. Will take myself the freedom to add this to the list.