In the Media

Ingmar Skoog critizises the Coronavirus recommendations for 70+ individuals in Sweden

2020-09-01

The NEAR steering group member Ingmar Skoog, Gothenburg University, criticizes the maintained recommendations for 70+ individuals in Sweden, put forward by the Swedish public health authority. He opines that those showing no symptoms should be allowed to live by the same rules as the rest of the population, i.e. wash hands and keep distance.

See the interview (in Swedish)

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Miia Kivipelto – “Five ways to decrease your risk of dementia”

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Miia Kivipelto – New book “How to decrease the risk for Alzheimer’s Disease”

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