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The Swedish COVID-19 approach: a scientific dialogue on mitigation policies

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden was among the few countries that did not enforce strict lockdown measures but instead relied more on voluntary and sustainable mitigation recommendations. While supported by the majority of Swedes, this approach faced rapid and continuous criticism. Unfortunately...

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Autores principales: Björkman, Anders, Gisslén, Magnus, Gullberg, Martin, Ludvigsson, Johnny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37546333
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1206732
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description During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden was among the few countries that did not enforce strict lockdown measures but instead relied more on voluntary and sustainable mitigation recommendations. While supported by the majority of Swedes, this approach faced rapid and continuous criticism. Unfortunately, the respectful debate centered around scientific evidence often gave way to mudslinging. However, the available data on excess all-cause mortality rates indicate that Sweden experienced fewer deaths per population unit during the pandemic (2020–2022) than most high-income countries and was comparable to neighboring Nordic countries through the pandemic. An open, objective scientific dialogue is essential for learning and preparing for future outbreaks.
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spelling pubmed-103992172023-08-04 The Swedish COVID-19 approach: a scientific dialogue on mitigation policies Björkman, Anders Gisslén, Magnus Gullberg, Martin Ludvigsson, Johnny Front Public Health Public Health During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden was among the few countries that did not enforce strict lockdown measures but instead relied more on voluntary and sustainable mitigation recommendations. While supported by the majority of Swedes, this approach faced rapid and continuous criticism. Unfortunately, the respectful debate centered around scientific evidence often gave way to mudslinging. However, the available data on excess all-cause mortality rates indicate that Sweden experienced fewer deaths per population unit during the pandemic (2020–2022) than most high-income countries and was comparable to neighboring Nordic countries through the pandemic. An open, objective scientific dialogue is essential for learning and preparing for future outbreaks. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10399217/ /pubmed/37546333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1206732 Text en Copyright © 2023 Björkman, Gisslén, Gullberg and Ludvigsson. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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