The Public Health Authority hopes that the figures of the last few days show that the development of the corona virus is on the flatter curve one is aiming for. But according to Tom Britton, it's too early to say.
- I hope you can do it, but I wouldn't feel quite sure it is.
Too early for conclusions
Jan Albert, professor of infection prevention, agrees that it is currently difficult to draw conclusions about what measures are working, based on the European curves.
- What you can say is that countries that have closed down very hard have at least now not seen any positive effect from it. If you look at the worst affected areas in, for example, Germany, there is certainly more going on, just as we heard from northern Italy.
April important month
Both Tom Britton and Jan Albert believe that the most important time to give Sweden a flatter curve is ahead of us.
- It is right now, especially in Stockholm, that it is judged that most infections occur. This means that it is right now, with preventive measures, to reduce it and relieve the burden of care. Those who come a little later, maybe in April and May, says Tom Britton.
- It is too early to say whether our slightly more moderate closure and preventive work, which is based more on voluntarism, is the right way compared to others. We will only get the real result afterwards. Maybe for the summer or even later, says Jan Albert.