Mike Honey 💉💉💉. (2022, January 22). Here’s the latest variant picture for BA.2 (Omicron). Globally it has been far less common than it’s sibling BA.1 lineage. The frequency of BA.2 is rising rapidly in several countries, notably India, Denmark & Singapore. 🧵 https://t.co/nE926hn9ws [Tweet]. @MikeHoney. https://twitter.com/Mike_Honey_/status/1484707779327950855

Just An Ordinary Bloke. (2022, January 6). But But But Sweden......... @afneil maybe Tegnall was wrong eh mate https://t.co/1S4SMWaqlU [Tweet]. @Unusual_Times. https://twitter.com/Unusual_Times/status/1479033464678723585

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ReconfigBehSci. (2021, May 26). @Richard_Florida this is the Giesicke argument from Sweden- it makes sense only if you assume there will be no medical progress in the delay period. With vaccines and treatment improvements we know this to be empirically false. [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1397341753590489090

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Phil Magness. (2021, April 18). Fixed version: Here’s how the Imperial College model of Neil Ferguson performed over 1 year. I used their most conservative R0 assumption, so this is actually generous to them. Https://t.co/vVJJ629jO0 [Tweet]. @PhilWMagness. https://twitter.com/PhilWMagness/status/1383870801309360135

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ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘@JAndreen @ErikAngner details about human contact networks matter, as epidemiologists pointed out last spring. Https://t.co/DC5FoW5ChY If you think I am wrong about the relevant parameters for Sweden, I’d love to hear more. One place to start is saying how it differs from other Nordic countries’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 21 February 2021, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1362757183121854466

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘@parnyman @ErikAngner I’m happy to move to more refined statistical measures where there is good reason for them, and, as a scientist, I am happy to take whatever answer the data give us’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 21 February 2021, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1362755616327032832

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, February 18). @ErikAngner I thought I joined the ‘conversation’ at the top- did I miss part of a prior thread? Post I responded to seemed to be the beginning of a thread...ie. ‘regular reminder that...’ [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1362385973603168257

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Erik Angner. (2021, February 18). Periodic reminder that in terms of outcomes, Swedish corona policy is thoroughly average in EU comparison – not exactly a model to be emulated by the rest of the world, nor a crime against humanity that should be prosecuted in the Hague. Https://t.co/E1CHBFMs6S [Tweet]. @ErikAngner. https://twitter.com/ErikAngner/status/1362319246378872832

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Here’s a graph they don’t want you to see. (2021, January 25). Sebastian Rushworth M.D. https://sebastianrushworth.com/2021/01/25/heres-a-graph-they-dont-want-you-to-see/

Sebastian Rushworth M.D. (2021, January 25). This graph shows the share of the Swedish population testing positive to antibodies against covid week on week. The results are pretty startling. Https://t.co/rye4WImrvl [Tweet]. @sebrushworth. https://twitter.com/sebrushworth/status/1353775606274654208

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ReconfigBehSci (2020) but that then does not sound to me like a disease control policy- it makes no sense in that way. It would make sense, though, if your goal is to build herd immunity via the least vulnerable.. to be honest, I'm surprised it's actually legal as a policy (has it been challenged?) Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1295731502467121152

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh] (2020, August) I'm familiar with those constraints/arguments- but keeping family members of infected individuals isolated is one of the most basic public health measure - it surely would be legal to mandate, particularly given the role pre/asymptomatic spread? no? Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1295726328994566144

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh] (2020, August) can I ask, though: schooling was mandatory- were you still meant to go to school when there was an infected household member? or were you specifically barred from going to school or work if there was an infected household member? sources would be much appreciated! Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1295692557884825602

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ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “having spent a few days looking at ‘debate’ about COVID policy on lay twitter (not the conspiracy stuff, just the ‘we should all be Sweden’ discussions), the single most jarring (and worrying) thing I noticed is that posters seem completely undeterred by self contradiction 1/3” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved September 23, 2020, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1308340430170456064

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ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh} (2020, August). Erik, as people inside and outside Sweden continue to grapple with what exactly the Swedish strategy might have been, there are two aspects that have seemed potentially troubling to me (and only more so in light of the FOI email releases): Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1295684634529992705

ReconfigBehSci [@SciBeh] (2020, August) "There's no explicit ban on working/going to school when you have an infected family member, that's true." that seems very odd! but, together with the mandatory school policy, if there is no ban on going to school, isn't going to school effectively mandated in these circs? Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1295725710154358791

ReconfigBehSci (2020) what I am getting at (ex lawyer here, sorry) is that given the conjunction of mandatory schooling and explicit statement that it is ok to go to school if infected it is the legal default that the child has to go to school (unless an exception is applied for and granted)!? Twitter. Retrieved from: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1295728757353963529

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: “@ErikAngner 2/2 1. mandatory schooling (where there exemptions for immune-compromised parents?) 2. encouraging household members of infected individuals to go to work/school Could you provide more background here and how you see these policies in the wider context?” / Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved August 18, 2020, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1295685503111647232

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