Tegnell suggested this was because they’re not doing the things public health officials are asking them to do, because they’re poorly integrated into Swedish society. Public health officials are supposed to design responses for reality, not some perfected version of it. Canadian public health experts — the ones who are talking, anyway — seem nearly monolithic in supporting the lockdown. Denmark and Norway are both keeping schools closed against Tegnell-esque advice from their own public health officials. You certainly can’t accuse Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, of having overreacted out of the gate.

Source: National Post April 17, 2020 22:18 UTC