When Tirrell asked Stefánsson if COVID-19 control similar to Iceland’s would be possible in a country the size of the United States, he answered that “it would be even easier” with their incredible talent and resources. It is, Stefánsson asserted, about “the will and desire to do this.”
“The methods that we have used in Iceland, to test widely, to sequence the virus from everyone infected, to bring about this kind of control… these are all methods that we learned from the Americans.”
“You taught us how to do this.” But, “you haven’t been doing this yourself.” And, that, Stefánsson said, “is pretty sad.”