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Letters Comparing covid-19 response in UK and Sweden

Covid-19 in Sweden and UK: medical leadership should energise wider debate

BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4066 (Published 20 October 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;371:m4066
  1. Andrew Spooner, GP locum
  1. GP Out of Hours Primary Care Centre, Leighton Hospital, Crewe CW1 4QJ, UK
  1. andrewspooner{at}btinternet.com

Scally’s reported opinion that we have nothing to learn from Sweden is disappointing.1 When cases increased, we locked down the UK for months based on modelling data that are not available to scrutinise. We prioritised the acute care of sick people with one disease over all the other rights of society and generated fear by telling the population they …

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