The Public Health Authority has been questioned many times about why they do not recommend the Swedish government to impose tougher measures in Sweden, like many other countries around the world. But Johan Carlson is confident that this is the right path for Sweden.
- We are quite convinced that we are choosing a path where we avoid the spread of infection in the best way, without getting very many disadvantages. In the end, it doesn't just matter how many coronas infected we had. We also have to see what happened to people who were locked in, what happened to public health, what happened to the effects on care to close the school, for example, says the director general.
"My colleagues are worried"According to him, there are similar thoughts on other European countries' counterparts to the Public Health Authority.
- Many of my colleagues in Europe are concerned about this kind of rules. Partly they are not followed, and there is a weak understanding. Why, for example, should you only be the one who goes out with the dog if you are two who own it and who live together? Such rules undermine public confidence, says Johan Carlson.
"Acceptance and understanding"The Director-General believes that the best result is not obtained through a ban - at least not in Sweden.
- If you want to succeed with measures that need to be kept for months, you have to have an acceptance and understanding. There is a lot that is banned in society, drug abuse for example, but it does not disappear for that reason. Basically, the population must have their own insight and understanding. This is how we have worked in infection control, says Johan Carlson.