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Sweden’s controversial top epidemiologist is refusing to recommend face masks, claiming it’s ‘very dangerous to believe face masks would change the game’ – Business Insider Australia
Sweden’s top epidemiologist is refusing to recommend face masks and says it’s “very dangerous” to rely on them.
- Anders Tegnel, who is the chief epidemiologist at Sweden’s Public Health Agency, told the Financial Times: “It is very dangerous to believe face masks would change the game when it comes to COVID-19.”
- “Face masks can be a complement to other things when other things are safely in place. But to start with having face masks and then think you can crowd your buses or your shopping malls – that’s definitely a mistake,” he said.
- His refusal to recommend masks came desp…
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