I hope this post is allowed as I appreciate it might be seen as controversial. This is the death rate stats from the US States in terms of those that imposed lockdowns and those that did not. I have already posted this in another thread but thought it was worth a thread of its own. If anything states that did not lockdown fared slightly better in terms of deaths ... but the difference is too small to he significant. These figures do, however, surely raise some serious questions for policy makers moving forwards.
I have also looked at stats globally in terms of countries that locked down v countries that did not. From what I have seen so far, I would say it is a mixed picture. There is no definitive pattern and no conclusive evidence either way that lockdowns do or do not work. Put another way, either viewpoint would be able to find the statistics to make a case.
To me, if you are going to impose such draconian measures, the evidence that they work has to be absolutely watertight, there should not be any doubt. It is not, and that is not just my view, the facts support it.
Interested in people’s thoughts...
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savethegrannies · 18/04/2021 13:25
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