Greta Tunberg independently diagnosed her COVID-19
'26.03.2020'
Source: Interfax
Young Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg suspected that she, along with her father, actor Svante Thunberg, had become infected with a new coronavirus after a trip to Europe, a 17-year-old girl said in an interview with the popular science journal New Scientist, writes “Interfax”.
According to the activist, she and her 50-year-old father began to experience symptoms characteristic of those infected with COVID-19, after a recent train trip to central Europe. Tunbergs made a trip before the authorities of several European countries significantly limited the movement of citizens in their territories due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Thunberg also emphasized that neither her nor her father was tested for coronavirus, since in Sweden now only people with the most serious symptoms, as well as representatives of the most vulnerable groups to COVID-19, are tested for a new infection.
Nevertheless, the eco-activist decided to self-isolate immediately after returning to Sweden, although she did not feel any symptoms of the disease, she noted. Thunberg emphasized that she did this because she did not want to put anyone at risk of infection.
“However, a few days later (after returning from the trip - IF), I began to feel some symptoms (of infection with COVID-19 - IF). At the same time, my father's symptoms began to appear much stronger, ”she said.
She also emphasized that she wants to convey to people the idea of how easy it is to infect others, without even suspecting that he himself is a carrier of the virus. Thunberg added that if it were not for her father, whose symptoms were much stronger, she would not even have thought that she might be infected.
This, according to the activist, recalls how important it is to comply with the requirements to limit close contacts with other people, introduced by the governments of different countries to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
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The path to the glory of Greta Tunberg
In 2018, Greta Tunberg began skipping school classes on Fridays and walked to the building of the Swedish Parliament, where she held solitary pickets calling for decisive action to combat climate change. Gradually, her solitary action found support in other countries of the world and grew into a large-scale movement of schoolchildren and students requiring action to prevent global warming.
Tunberg is supported by many politicians and celebrities. With her, in particular, met the UN Secretary General Anthony Gutterrish and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as Prince Charles.
Over the past few years, 17-year-old Swedish woman Greta Thunberg has become widely known. She was invited to speak at international organizations, in particular at the UN. In September 2019, she spoke at the UN, accusing world leaders that they, without taking measures to protect the climate, “stole” her “dreams and childhood”.
Thunberg doesn't eat animal products and convinced her parents to go vegan too. The 17-year-old girl suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, which Greta herself calls a “gift”.
