By Marcello Ferrada de Noli, professor emeritus of epidemiology (Sweden), former Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School. Viewed epidemiologically, fast global vaccination is necessary to contain the spread of Covid-19. The world is failing miserably on this by allowing its response to be guided by corporations, politicians and mainstream media. Unfortunately, this global challenge has not […]
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COVID-19 / Epidemiology / Human Rigths / October 2020 issue / Sweden
Covid-19 case fatality rate in Sweden and neighbouring countries. Why Swedish herd immunity model should not be followed
By Marcello Ferrada de Noli, professor emeritus of epidemiology. Formerly at Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and Harvard Medical School. Chair, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights SWEDHR The elderly have comprised the vast majority of Covid-19 fatalities in Sweden, either dying in care homes or their own residence, often alone. By mid-May 2020, only 13 percent of […]