Sweden’s Covid-19 expert calls global lockdowns ‘madness’, even as country registers one of highest death rates

The man behind Sweden’s controversial Covid-19 strategy has characterised lockdowns imposed across much of the globe as a form of “madness” that flies in the face of what is known about handling viral outbreaks.Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s state epidemiologist, said he advised against such restrictions on movement because of the detrimental side effects they often entail.Sweden’s coronavirus consensus cracks as deaths top 5,000“It was as if the world had gone mad, and everything we had discussed…

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