Maybe We Should Listen to Those Who've Been Saying This the Whole Time......
From the Washington Times:
Lockdowns in the U.S. and Europe had little or no impact in reducing deaths from COVID-19, according to a new analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
The lockdowns during the early phase of the pandemic in 2020 reduced COVID-19 mortality by about 0.2%, said the broad review of multiple scientific studies.
“We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality,” the researchers wrote.
But the research paper said lockdowns did have “devastating effects” on the economy and contributed to numerous social ills.
“They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest, contributing to domestic violence, and undermining liberal democracy,” the report said.
“Such a standard benefit-cost calculation leads to a strong conclusion: lockdowns should be rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument,” the paper concluded.
Remember, before 2020 lockdowns were completely off the table because they wouldn't work. The established pandemic plan was to reject lockdowns.
Fascinating that we're finding all this out just one month before the State of the Union address AND the Federal Reserve Bank's expected rate increase. Who might benefit from some good news soon? Maybe...I don't know...a political party that has lost the nation's trust, lost control of the nation's finances, and is unlikely to do well in upcoming midterm elections?