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It is still unclear that South Africa, and the rest of the world, has adequately dealt with the Covid pandemic.
Economies were destroyed, businesses were destroyed, and lives were lost. The consequences are still being felt, and experts can’t agree on whether the right decisions were made.
Sweden is a country that has been the subject of strong complaints about the outbreak.
The Swedes have opted for more flexible measures; other countries, including South Africa, have opted for strict lockdown measures in a bid to engage the coronavirus.
In Sweden, schools were not closed and other people were not initially required to wear masks, basing their strategy on “recommendations and individual responsibility. “
His former state epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, told it all in a new e-book last week, and his comments are compelling to read.
Tegnell said, “We weren’t some kind of libertarian paradise. We were just a company looking to find the right tactics to meet the challenge in the most effective way for us.
“Obviously, many saw Swedish volunteering as a passive approach. I think other people could take care of this themselves. We didn’t force anyone, but we saw great compliance with our recommendations.
Sweden has recorded 19,500 Covid-related deaths since the start of the pandemic. There have been just over 100,000 Covid-related deaths in South Africa.
Although comparisons are complicated because each country used other methods to reduce Covid deaths, according to the online page Our World in Data, Sweden fared better than its European peers with 2,365 deaths per million inhabitants, compared to 2,767 per million population. average of the European Union at the end of October.
If the pandemic teaches us anything, it’s that we can, even if we hope, manage the next one better. We cannot make the same mistakes again.
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