{"id":3750,"date":"2020-04-22T15:52:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2020-04-22T15:52:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T13:52:09","slug":"webinar-on-early-lessons-from-swedens-approach-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ki.se\/rektor\/2020\/04\/22\/webinar-on-early-lessons-from-swedens-approach-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar on early lessons from Sweden\u2019s approach to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I will participate in the panel at a webinar, hosted by Institute of Global Affairs, the School of Public Policy and SITE at the Stockholm School of Economics. The theme for the event is \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/iga\/events\/2020-virtual\/The-Swedish-Exception-early-lessons-from-Swedens-different-approach-to-COVID-19\">The Swedish Exception: early lessons from Sweden\u2019s different approach tol COVID-19<\/a>\u201c. Being no expert on Covid-19 my contribution will be to comment on the role of universities and on the challenges we all face when dealing with uncertainty. Thus the new corona virus does not come with a manual as to how to handle it, be it in the medical realm or in the society at large.<\/p>\n<p>The organizer describes the content of the seminar with these words:<\/p>\n<p><em>Sweden has been pursuing a different approach to suppressing the epidemic curve, relying mainly on voluntary measures and keeping more of the economy open. The main theory has been that the population would respond to advice from the government because of the strong level of trust in Swedish society \u2013 the citizens\u2019 trust in government institutions, the government\u2019s trust in the citizens, and the trust among citizens. Also, the approach of allowing the development of \u201cherd immunity\u201d got traction.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Some aspects of this approach appear to have worked well, other aspects less so. The results so far point to a high death toll compared to other Nordic countries which have taken tougher measures, though the jury is still out on the long term outcome. The panel will draw early lessons from the Swedish experiment that could be relevant for emerging economies and developing countries that, for one reason or another, cannot afford massive lockdowns.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSwedish strategy\u201d is debated and also questioned on the international arena right now. Here at Karolinska Institutet we daily recieve a lot of phone calls and e-mails with questions concering the approach and requests for comments from our researchers.<\/p>\n<p>The other panelists this afternoon are Peter Baldwin, New York University of California, Sara Hagemann, Deputy Dean, LSE School of Public Policy, Lars Tr\u00e4g\u00e5rdh, Ersta Sk\u00f6ndal Br\u00e4cke University and Erik Berglof, Director, Institute of Global Affairs, LSE School of Public Policy.<\/p>\n<p>The event is part of the LSE Series on\u00a0<em>COVID-19 Crisis Management and Post-Crisis Reconstruction \u2013 lessons from the past and early insights from the current crisis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The webinar is open for public, you\u2019ll find the livestream here between 16.30 and 18.00, Swedish time zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon I will participate in the panel at a webinar, hosted by Institute of Global Affairs, the School of Public Policy and SITE at the Stockholm School of Economics. 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