Sweden’s top infectious disease expert hasn’t budged on the country’s no-mask approach to the COVID-19 pandemic despite the number of new infections trending higher.
Anders Tegnell — Sweden’s equivalent to Dr. Anthony Fauci — defended the decision not to mandate face coverings in the country, which also resisted lockdowns, leaving most schools, restaurants and businesses open.
“We are worried that it would diminish social distancing, which is definitely the most important part,” Tegnell told the UK outlet the New Statesman.
“The studies so far have not shown a dramatic effect, countries such as France and others, which have obligatory mask-wearing in place, have still experienced a big spread of the disease.”
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For a country it’s size etc, Sweden has done pretty good. In all probability there’s no real magic formula.
Wrong. It has 5x the COVID death rate as Denmark and 10x that of Finland and Norway. The controlled experiment has been done. Masks save lives.
He is not saying masks don’t help, rather distancing is more important.
We should do BOTH, distance and mask
We know how swedes respect life. Think holocaust. They helped our enemies. Opl- other peoples lives. What does he care?