Good Covid-19 News From Italy...and Sweden
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In Bloomberg Opinion CNDS Director Giuliano Di Baldassarre provides some insight regarding the current pandemic drawing upon his academic perspective and the fact that he is an Italian living in Sweden.
| According to Giuliano Di Baldassarre, consistency is a key component for ensuring Covid-19 policies are sustainable in the long run. In short, if the aim is to live with the virus until a treatment or vaccine is found, a stop-and-go approach to rules — such as the flip-flops most everywhere on whether face masks should be worn and where — might be counterproductive and make them impossible to enforce. So while Italy shows that alertness and intervention pay off, Sweden is a reminder that this is a marathon more than a sprint. | (Image removed) Photo: Aftonbladet |