Heavy Death Toll Came As Surprise To Head Of Sweden's No-Lockdown Plan

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The man leading Sweden's coronavirus response says the country's elevated death toll "really came as a surprise to us."

Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden's state epidemiologist, appeared on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" on Tuesday, when he described the country's controversial approach.

"We never really calculated with a high death toll initially, I must say," he said.

"We calculated on more people being sick, but the death toll really came as a surprise to us."

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-sweden-lockdown-chief-says-high-death-toll-was-surprise-2020-5

[elleng]

1. Disappointing,

but not surprising I guess; no one knew.

[SunSeeker]

4. Anyone who saw the videos in January of besieged Wuhan hospitals knew.

Tegnell is an arrogant idiot.

[brush]

2. Surprising? He's not paid to be surprised. That's fucking trumpian.

The difference being that trump doesn't care how many die as long as the stock market rebounds.

[live love laugh]

3. What a piece of shit. The disregard for humanity is disgusting. nt

[Corgigal]

5. Just slap

the lying nazi.

[uponit7771]

6. He would vote for Trump

[SunSeeker]

7. Swedish elder care workers aren't wearing masks. It's unconscionable.

Where I'm working we don't have face masks at all, and we are working with the most vulnerable people," one Swedish home care worker, who wanted to remain anonymous, recently told the Guardian. "Everybody's concerned about it. We are all worried." https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-coronavirus-strategy-explained-culture-of-trust-and-obedience-2020-4?r=US&IR=T

And yet Tegnell is "surprised" by the high elderly death rate. Apparently he never heard of asymptomatic spread.

[Quixote1818]

8. If they had the same population as the US they would have well over 100,000 deaths nt

[rpannier]

9. I'm surprised

Says the stupid.

[DFW]

10. As they say in Stockholm

Vilken överraskning!

(What a surprise!)

Who are the Swedes getting their advice from, "Sven" Hannity?

[Hortensis]

11. They had no idea if herd immunity COULD be achieved, or how effectively,

before they launched this experiment with the lives of their people. Apparently the general mood is supportive, though, Sweden's going its own way even becoming a matter of national pride.

[harumph]

12. Tegnell is either stupid - and yes, medical doctors can be stupid -

or he experimented on his nation knowing full well what would occur and now is playing dumb.
That's a classic fall back position -