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Worryingly I see certain people spreading misinformation about the Swedish schools & using it to argue for reopening of schools. FACTS
1. They didn’t test anyone under 16 until after schools were closed for summer. Over 16s are distance learning since March & mostly remain so.
1. They didn’t test anyone under 16 until after schools were closed for summer. Over 16s are distance learning since March & mostly remain so.
2. Also they aren’t all open. Some have had to close because of outbreaks and municipalities were able to decide for themselves. In some regions, they offered distance learning early on for those who opted for it. https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/sweden-closes-high-schools-until-early-january-stem-covid-19-infections
3. 9 children have died and the pediatric ICUs have been full for months. (I hate writing this sentence) Very sadly, one 16 month old child died. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107913/number-of-coronavirus-deaths-in-sweden-by-age-groups/
4. The infection rate of teachers is reported as low because they also included the infection rate in teachers who were working remotely. https://twitter.com/DavidSteadson/status/1357334092715548674?s=19
See also: many teachers have been working remotely since March 2019. https://twitter.com/DavidSteadson/status/1350384563764264960?s=19
5. There is no contact tracing in schools. Therefore there is no valid data. Rates have gone down when schools have closed, and shot way up when they’re open. And the corona commission that spent 8 months reviewing the Swedish response concluded that the high rate of deaths in ..
5. (Contd)... in elderly care especially is due to the general spread of the virus in society, including in schools, even though we can only really extrapolate because data is patchy at best.
If you see people with vested interests spreading this disinformation you have to ask why.
This negligent comparison will almost certainly be uncritically printed in a newspaper this weekend
This negligent comparison will almost certainly be uncritically printed in a newspaper this weekend
By all means have a discussion about safety in schools but base it on facts. Maybe look to Norway or Finland. Although the teacher/pupil ratio is lower for comparison. Norway 1/12 Finland 1/13 Ireland 1/26
