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Swedish professor explains why isolation is not the right course of action

unherd.com | 21.04.2020

An adviser to the Swedish government, Johan Giesecke, one of the world's most experienced epidemiologists (who, incidentally, hired Anders Tegnell, the current leader of the Swedish strategy), the first chief scientist at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and adviser to the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, has set out his thoughts.

https://unherd.com/thepost/coming-up-epidemiologist-prof-johan-giesecke-shares-lessons-from-sweden/

Swedish professor explains why isolation is not the right course of action

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