the Government must put everything forward so that it is clear which parts of the comprehensive closure, which happened on the basis of medical recommendations, and what was the political decisions.
so says Peder Hvelplund, Unity sundhedsordfører, after Ekstra Bladet has revealed that health minister Magnus Heunicke tightened up the recommendations to close schools and kindergartens during a consultation in the Danish Parliament.
– It is absolutely crucial for us, is that we can take the learning of it. It also requires that there is transparency about the decisions taken, so that we can also see where there are mistakes, says Peder Hvelplund about the study that needs to be done on the course.
the Danish policy – 7. jun. 2020 – pm. 16:17 Criticism of Heunicke: Tightened up the recommendation on the decommissioning
– When were the decisions taken with the background in health assessments, and when it was political decisions, and when was it dictated by capacity, says Peder Hvelplund.
He has several times expressed, that it has been difficult to figure out.
It has sometimes been unclear. It is quite legitimate to make a political decision, where you say that there is a health recommendation, but we choose to go ahead, because we believe we are in a risky and uncertain situation.
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To the minister of health according to several experts have shared a ‘free interpretation’ or tightening of the recommendations of the EU experts, writing for Peder Hvelplund into the number of examples that it went fast.
– It differs not from it, we have criticised him for, namely, that he is up to the decision hasteloven was told that there was a recommendation from the health authorities, says Peder Hvelplund, who regarded it ‘as something we have solved’ with a criticism of the minister.
He explains that he, then, Denmark closed down, was of the view that lay recommendations for the reason for the decision.
– As we sat and considered the hasteloven, it was clearly my impression that there was also some actions that health authorities recommended. Could we see subsequently that the recommendation was not so entydlig. We have also criticized the minister of the interior, says Peder Hvelplund.
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For him, it shows that there is a need for a thorough review of the course.
– It stresses the whole it is risky to make a hastelovgivning. The downside is that it goes quickly and that you do not get illuminated all aspects, he says and stresses that he believes it was necessary in the situation to adopt hasteloven.
– It was the right thing to do. We were faced with a disease we did not know the extent of.
