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Sweden Health Agency Withdraws Controversial Coronavirus Report
[Forbes] - The Swedish Public Health Agency made international headlines yesterday by estimating that one-third of Stockholm residents would be infected with the coronavirus by May 1. Less than 24 hours later, the Agency has taken a dramatic u-turn and withdrawn the report.The decision was announced via Twitter: "We have discovered an error in the report and so the authors are currently going through the material again. We will republish the report as soon as it is ready." While the nature of the error was not disclosed, the Agency also said they would share more information about it once the revised report was complete. During yesterday’s press conference, the deputy state epidemiologist Anders Wallenstein announced the report based on data models that indicated the spread of the coronavirus was much higher than previously thought. Among the claims were that for every one person tested positive for COVID-19, up to 999 others could also have the infection without knowing. We have this fact from consultation with tribal spirits? Swedish journalist Emanuel Karlsten Not to be confused with Karlsson who lives on the roof queried this during a Q&A session at the press conference. Given there are more than 15,000 confirmed cases, the Agency’s estimate would mean that the total number of likely infections would be greater than the entire population of Sweden. In Sweden journalists are better at arithmetic than state officials? Another Swedish report on the coronavirus spread in the capital has also been withdrawn by its authors. The preliminary findings by researchers at Karolinska University Hospital and the Karolinska Institute estimated that at least 11 out of 100 blood donors in Stockholm had already developed antibodies to the coronavirus. Where's Emil of Lönneberga when you need him? Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-23 |
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