Anders Tegnell has said ‘the world had gone mad’ as severe lockdowns are of little effect in addressing the longer-term threat
A bar during the coronavirus pandemic in Stockholm, Sweden. Picture: REUTERS/COLM FULTON
Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s state epidemiologist and the architect of its hands-off response to the coronavirus pandemic, said there are situations in which it might be advisable for people to cover their mouths and noses. Tegnell has so far argued against the World Health Organisation’s recommendation to use masks when social-distancing is hard to do, with the justification that there’s “very little scientific evidence” that they work. Instead, Tegnell has warned that masks may give infected people a false sense of security and even encourage the kind of hand-to-face contact that can spread the disease.
On Wednesday, Tegnell once again spoke out against severe lockdowns as an appropriate response to the virus. In a podcast on Swedish radio, he said he felt the “world had gone mad” in imposing such severe restrictions, despite the societal costs.
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