Sweden epidemiologist refuses to recommend face masks - Business Insider

His refusal to recommend masks came despite neighbouring countries Denmark, Finland, and Norway all changing their stance on masks in the last week.Norway is recommending them during rush-hour periods on public transport, and Denmark is making them compulsory on public transport.Despite Tegnel's resistance, there's been a growing body of research that found face masks do prevent transmission, including an analysis of 42 countries that said mask use was the "key" to controlling the pandemic, Business Insider previously reported.Karolinska Institute professor of clinical epidemiology Jonas Ludvigsson told the Times one of the reasons Sweden has not embraced masks was that most people trusted the authorities, compared to other countries where people might ignore advice and wear masks regardless."When the Swedish health agency says there's no reason to wear face masks, people don't wear face masks," he said.