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A dismaying aspect of the Western response to COVID-19 is that it has been six months before some Governments and public institutions started listening to a wider range of advice and understood that they must critically assess advice to decide what is in the fullest public interest.
Even then, the ‘listening’ has been piecemeal and slow. And not at all in New Zealand.
The preference for heeding the warnings of doom-mongers with the worst numbers is somewhat understandable, but it is inexcusable that leaders failed to listen to other advice, and to judge from the data for themselves.
- Boris Johnson was briefed by the architect of Sweden’s no-lockdown policy, Anders Tegnell, before announcing new coronavirus restrictions this week.
- The new restrictions, which include a curfew on bars and restaurants, fell short of much tougher measures reportedly being pushed by his own scientific advisers.
- Tegnell was the architect of Sweden’s decision not to impose a full lockdown earlier this year.
- Sweden has gone on to record a much higher death rate than its neighbours.
- However, current data suggests the Nordic country is not experiencing a second wave, unlike the UK.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was advised by Anders Tegnell, the man behind Sweden’s decision not to impose a full coronavirus lockdown, before rejecting tougher new restrictions for the United Kingdom.
businessinsider.com.au/boris-johnson-briefed-sweden-scientist-anders-tegnell-coronavirus-rules-2020
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