Johan Giesecke one year on: did Sweden succeed?

One year ago, an interview with Professor Johan Giesecke of Sweden began to go viral on YouTube. It was early in the pandemic, and he was the most senior voice (as a former state epidemiologist of Sweden, Chief Scientist at the European Centre of Disease Control and advisor to the Director General of the WHO) to come out forcefully against lockdowns.

He promised to come back in a year to review the evidence — and with typical Swedish punctuality, here he is.

What he got wrong, what he got right, and much besides. Don't miss.

Accompanying article here: https://unherd.com/2021/04/did-sweden...

Listen to the podcast here: https://shows.acast.com/lockdowntv-wi...

// Timecodes //
00:00 - Intro
01:11 - Revisiting last time
02:08 - What I got wrong
09:03 - Vaccines
10:55 - Fatality rates
13:13 - IFR
16:05 - Lockdown strategy
19:39 - Freedom
22:25 - Effects of lockdown
24:22 - Social distancing
26:35 - Returning to normal
27:21 - Masks
28:03 - Seasonality
29:02 - Post-pandemic behaviour
31:01 - Taking the vaccine
34:13 - Future for Sweden
37:13 - Old Normal