{"id":105420,"date":"2020-04-15T09:43:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/sweden-22-scientists-say-coronavirus-strategy-has-failed-as-deaths-top-1000"},"modified":"2020-04-15T09:43:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:43:58","slug":"sweden-22-scientists-say-coronavirus-strategy-has-failed-as-deaths-top-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/sweden-22-scientists-say-coronavirus-strategy-has-failed-as-deaths-top-1000","title":{"rendered":"Sweden: 22 Scientists Say Coronavirus Strategy Has Failed As Deaths Top 1,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/sweden-22-scientists-say-coronavirus-strategy-has-failed-as-deaths-top-1000.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I felt uneasy about the Swedish coronavirus plan the moment I heard about it. It seemed like an extreme gamble, in defiance of all known science and health recommendations. We have Red States here in America that have taken this same approach. Here\u2019s the latest on Sweden: \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea \u2014\u201cIn an opinion piece published today in Dagens Nyheter, the group of researchers from a range of top Swedish universities and research institutes make harsh criticism of the Swedish Public Health Agency and their present coronavirus strategy. They say that elected politicians must now intervene with \u201d swift and radical measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to Aftonbladet, Jan L\u00f6tvall, a professor at the University of Gothenburg, said that Swedish people have not understood the seriousness of the situation because they have received unclear messaging from health authorities and elected officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Sweden\u2019s relatively relaxed approach to controlling the spread of the coronavirus has come under fire in international media and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidnikel\/2020\/03\/30\/why-swedens-coronavirus-approach-is-so-different-from-others\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/davidnikel\/2020\/03\/30\/why-swedens-coronavirus-approach-is-so-different-from-others\/\" aria-label=\"from many locals\">from many locals<\/a> in the capital Stockholm, where more than half the country\u2019s deaths have been recorded. Now, 22 researchers have publicly criticized the strategy and called on politicians to make changes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Harsh criticism from research scientists<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In an opinion piece published today in <em>Dagens Nyheter<\/em>, the group of researchers from a range of top Swedish universities and research institutes make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dn.se\/debatt\/folkhalsomyndigheten-har-misslyckats-nu-maste-politikerna-gripa-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dn.se\/debatt\/folkhalsomyndigheten-har-misslyckats-nu-maste-politikerna-gripa-in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"harsh criticism\">harsh criticism<\/a> of the Swedish Public Health Agency and their present coronavirus strategy. They say that elected politicians must now intervene with \u201d swift and radical measures.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I felt uneasy about the Swedish coronavirus plan the moment I heard about it. It seemed like an extreme gamble, in defiance of all known science and health recommendations. We have Red States here in America that have taken this same approach. Here\u2019s the latest on Sweden: \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea \u2014\u201cIn an opinion piece published today in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}