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History Will Remember Tegnell’s COVID Heroism

History Will Remember Tegnell’s COVID Heroism
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Swedish Public Health Agency looks on during a press conference updating on the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) situation, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 22, 2020. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images
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As is well known, Sweden handled the COVID pandemic in a different way than the rest of the world. There were no closures of economic activities or schools and national borders were kept open. Anders Tegnell worked as the state epidemiologist in the Swedish Public Health Authority (FHM) during the pandemic. He was not the top leader of FHM, but in his capacity as state epidemiologist became its external face. Together with journalist Fanny Härgestam, Tegnell has written a book about the pandemic and here is a summary of it.
Halvor Naess
Halvor Naess
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Halvor Naess is a senior consultant at the Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway and professor at the University in Bergen. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 PubMed indexed articles, mostly on stroke and related neurological diseases. He has written many articles in Norwegian news papers and websites since March 2020 that were critical of the pandemic handling in Norway.
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