Multiple Studies Reveal The Lack Of Effect From Lockdowns

30 studies since March 2020 finding COVID lockdowns had little or no efficacy

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Studies since March 2020. Below are 30 published papers finding that lockdowns had little or no efficacy (despite unconscionable harms) along with a key quote or two from each: 

1.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

“there is no evidence that more restrictive nonpharmaceutical interventions (“lockdowns”) contributed substantially to bending the curve of new cases in England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, or the United States in early 2020” 

Assessing Mandatory Stay‐at‐Home and Business Closure Effects on the Spread of COVID‐19Background and Aims The most restrictive non‐pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) for controlling the spread of COVID‐19 are mandatory stay‐at‐home and business closures. Given the consequences of th.…https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eci.13484

2.medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

“Inferences on effects of NPIs are non-robust and highly sensitive to model specification. Claimed benefits of lockdown appear grossly exaggerated.” 

Effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19: A Tale of Three ModelsObjective To compare the inference regarding the effectiveness of the various non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) for COVID-19 obtained from different SIR models. Study design and setting We expl…https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.22.20160341v3

3.thelancet.com/journals/eclin…

“government actions such as border closures, full lockdowns, and a high rate of COVID-19 testing were not associated with statistically significant reductions in the number of critical cases or overall mortality” 

A country level analysis measuring the impact of government actions, country preparedness and socioeconomic factors on COVID-19 mortality and related health outcomesIn this exploratory analysis, low levels of national preparedness, scale of testing and population characteristics were associated with increased national case load and overall mortality.https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30208-X/fulltext

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