Sweden.
Measures
Schools closed to under 16
Gatherings of more than 50 discouraged
Bars, restaurants, other public spaces remained open
Citizens were trusted to distance themselves.
Intentions
Don’t contain spread
Herd immunity, inherent in the Swedish strategy
Allowing a proportion of the population to be infected
At the expense of deaths among the vulnerable
Herd immunity
50% to 90%
Depending on how contagious an infection
People have enough antibodies to repel the virus
26 April, Anders Tegnell
‘Rise in infections beginning to flatten’
‘Reached a plateau in Stockholm’
Annika Linde, former state epidemiologist
I think we’re starting to see that the Swedish model maybe wasn’t the smartest
More than half the deaths, in care homes
Government advice implied asymptomatics not contagious
Care home staff often worked with substandard protection and worked when symptomatic
Increasing practice of doctors recommending by telephone a “palliative cocktail” for sick older
people in care homes
Morphine and midazolam, respiratory-inhibiting
Proportion of older people in respiratory care nationally was lower than at the same time a year ago
Thousands of lives could be saved if people in care homes with the virus received oxygen supplies
The results
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Denmark
All three neighbouring countries adopted a lockdown approach early, which they are now slowly lifting
All three have since re-opened their borders, but not to Sweden.
25 May and 2 June
Most coronavirus deaths per capita in Europe
5.29 deaths per million
UK ranked second with 4.48
Ongoing nationwide study
20 May, 7.3% of Stockholm residents had developed antibodies
11 May, (WHO) globally, antibodies in only 1-10%
WHO therefore warned against any country depending on herd immunity as a strategy
Contact tracing has been largely abandoned since the beginning of March
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