Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Covid-19: Strategic Options for Government Plan to Eliminate Community Transmission

Professor Johan Giesecke:

Sweden never had herd immunity as a goal. By concentrating on protecting the old and vulnerable, we could allow a tolerable level of spread among the population. We could reach herd immunity even if that was not the goal. It was a by-product of the goal.