One year ago, an interview with Professor Johan Giesecke of Sweden began to go viral on YouTube. It was early in the pandemic, and he was the most senior voice (as a former state epidemiologist of Sweden, Chief Scientist at the European Centre of Disease Control and advisor to the Director General of the WHO) to come out forcefully against lockdowns. He promised to come back in a year to review the evidence — and with typical Swedish punctuality, here he is. What he got wrong, what he got right, and much besides. Don't miss. Accompanying article here: https://unherd.com/2021/04/did-sweden-get-covid-wrong/ Listen to the podcast here: https://shows.acast.com/lockdowntv-with-freddie-sayers/did-sweden-get-covid-wrong // Timecodes // 00:00 - Intro 01:11 - Revisiting last time 02:08 - What I got wrong 09:03 - Vaccines 10:55 - Fatality rates 13:13 - IFR 16:05 - Lockdown strategy 19:39 - Freedom 22:25 - Effects of lockdown 24:22 - Social distancing 26:35 - Returning to normal 27:21 - Masks 28:03 - Seasonality 29:02 - Post-pandemic behaviour 31:01 - Taking the vaccine 34:13 - Future for Sweden 37:13 - Old Normal