The architect of Sweden's no-lockdown strategy said up to 30% of its population could now be immune to COVID-19, a claim not supported by data

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• The head of Sweden's lockdown-free coronavirus response claimed that as many as 30% of the country's population could be immune to COVID-19 in an interview with The Observer.
  
• Anders Tegnell suggested the figure despite all available studies reporting much lower of antibodies in the Swedish population — for example, around 10% of Stockholm, which is the worst-affected region.
• It is also not yet clear to what extent having antibodies protects a person from catching COVID-19.
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The architect of Sweden's lockdown-free coronavirus strategy claimed that almost a third of the country's population could now immune to COVID-19 — a theory not backed up by any hard evidence.

Anders Tegnell, the chief epidemiologist at Sweden's Public Health Agency, told The Observer that immunity levels could have risen to above 30% in some parts of the country.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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