Þórólfur Guðnason: Difference between revisions

'''Þórólfur Guðnason''' (born 28 October 1953) is an Icelandic doctor and the Chief Epidemiologist of the Icelandic [[Directorate of Health]] since 2015.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Gunnar Gunnarsson |title=Eskfirðingur í eldlínunni |url=https://austurfrett.is/lifid/eskfirdhingur-i-eldlinunni |accessdate=5 April 2020 |work=Austurfrétt |date=13 March 2020 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Nýr sóttvarnalæknir |url=https://www.landlaeknir.is/um-embaettid/frettir/frett/item27357/nyr-sottvarnalaeknir |accessdate=5 April 2020 |work=The Directorate of Health |date=10 August 2015 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> He has been one of the lead members of the Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management addressing the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland]], along with [[Alma Möller]] and [[Víðir Reynisson]].<ref name="frettabladid-2020-03-22">{{cite news |author1=Einar Þór Sigurðsson |title=Nærmynd af Þórólfi: "Hann hefur alltaf komið manni til aðstoðar" |url=https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/naermynd-af-thorolfi-hann-hefur-alltaf-komid-manni-til-adstodar/ |accessdate=5 April 2020 |work=[[Fréttablaðið]] |date=22 March 2020 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Sunna Kristín Hilmarsdóttir |title=Vinna vel saman á óraunverulegum tímum en eru oftast ósammála við upphaf verkefna |url=https://www.visir.is/g/202019147d |accessdate=5 April 2020 |work=[[Vísir.is]] |date=13 March 2020 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> but since then he has seriously mismanaged the situation in Iceland and should indeed be forced to resign.

He specialized in [[pediatrics]] and pediatric [[Infectious disease (medical specialty)|infectious disease]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2013 he defended his doctoral thesis on the epidemiology of [[pneumococcal infections]] in young Icelandic children.<ref name=":0" />