The spread of infection and the pressure on healthcare are today higher than the limits set by the Swedish Public Health Agency as a goal to drop step four in the government's opening plan.
Thanks to a high degree of vaccination, they still chose to proceed with the plan.
- The assessment is that the vaccination rate in two to three weeks should be high enough that the pressure on care will not be extremely much higher.
It will increase slightly, but we can handle it, says Johan Carlson.
Low mortality
According to Carlson, there is in principle only a spread of infection among the unvaccinated groups.
He points out that mortality has been among the lowest in Europe for some time.
- It is no longer justifiable to keep the shutdowns as we have them, says Johan Carlson.
"Great responsibility on the unvaccinated"
Björn Olsen, chief physician and professor of infectious diseases, believes that the government and the Swedish Public Health Agency should have waited to ease the last restrictions.
Johan Carlson instead sees the decision as a way to put further pressure on those who have not taken their two doses.
- We can get new mutations and variants, and then of course we have to rethink.
This is the best way to move forward now.
But there is also a great responsibility on the unvaccinated, they must be vaccinated and it is absolutely crucial for this to succeed, says Johan Carlson.