In the early days of the 2020 pandemic, there was little information going out of China. Doctors and others tried to smuggle out what was known, but the government cracked down. Western countries had very little good data when the virus spread to their countries. France and Italy shutdown. Great Britian did too, though much later. Russia closed their borders. The United States has had a mixed response.
Sweden, on the other hand, treated it like all other flu pandemics: secluded the most vulnerable, stopped large public gatherings (50 or more people), closed high schools and colleges, told their people to take precautions while in public, treated the sick with medicines that were shown to work, and went about life more or less as usual. Their mortality rate is low, though the virus has spread wider. The goal was better and more wide spread herd immunity, which will come as a result of either exposure or a vaccine. Was the Swedish response the correct one or was it completely irresponsible? Will the Swedish response result in similar results has are being experienced in San Francisco where the herd immunity is high due to early, wide-spread exposure?
Channel Dad Bryon Lape reads an article about the Swedish response. Johan Giesecke, Sweden’s former chief epidemiologist, responses to criticism and chose to make a science based approach. Do you think Johan Giesecke is being short-sighted? Is Sweden preserving their economy a good long term strategy? What will happen if the world plunges into a Depression? If you were in Johan Giesecke’s position and had the same information, how would you proceed?
The topic of public health in response to infectious disease has wide ranging ideas and correct responses. Doctors and scientists will handle these cases differently, based on what they are trying to avoid and accomplish. Not all goals are mutually inclusive and often very difficult decisions have to be reached.
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