The invisible pandemic

Type Journal Article Author Johan Giesecke URL https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(20)31035-7.pdf Series The Lancet Correspondence Volume 395 Publication The Lancet / Karolinska Institute Date 05/05/2020 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31035-7 Abstract Many countries (and members of their press media) have marvelled at Sweden’s relaxed strategy in the face of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: schools and most workplaces have remained open, and police officers were not checking one’s errands in the street. Severe critics have described it as Sweden sacrificing its (elderly) citizens to quickly reach herd immunity.1 The death toll has surpassed our three closest neighbours, Denmark, Norway, and Finland, but the mortality remains lower than in the UK, Spain, and Belgium