Posted on Nov 29, 2020
Lockdowns Not Linked With Lower COVID Death Rates, New Study Finds | Jon Miltimore
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Many US states and countries around the world are imposing another round of economic lockdowns in an effort to combat the coronavirus.
The actions are certain to come with a series of devastating unintended consequences—economic destruction, surging poverty, and mental health deterioration among them—but a new study suggests the lockdowns may not do what they are designed to do: save lives.
Many US states and countries around the world are imposing another round of economic lockdowns in an effort to combat the coronavirus.
The actions are certain to come with a series of devastating unintended consequences—economic destruction, surging poverty, and mental health deterioration among them—but a new study suggests the lockdowns may not do what they are designed to do: save lives.
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The lockdowns were necessary to slow the spread because hospitals were over capacity. It seems that the Upper Midwest is nearing that problem again.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
That won't solve it. What needs to happen is to 1. Quarantine the ill and 2. Direct those most likely to need higher levels of care to isolate. Not the entire population. BTW, many countries are finding other ways to care for people who would have been put in hospitals, at home but we are not doing that the way we should
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Lt Col Charlie Brown - If you are in a involved in an accident and the hospitals are filled with COVID patients, that is going to put someone in a precarious position. I had a collapsed lung a few years ago, and the doctors would not do surgery because it was during Bike Week here in Daytona. I was not priority because the operating rooms and trauma centers were always over capacity and constantly full due to the increased number of motorcycle crashes.
This thing overwhelmed us at first. We didnt have enough PPE, tests, and little contact tracing. It got out of control very quickly. Of course mistakes were made, but it was spreading in high density populations, like New York and California, at alarming rates. Now hospitals in South Dakota are overcapacity.
We also live in a country where some people equate mask wearing, social distancing, and contact tracing as an attempt to take away their personal liberty. We will hit a million cases here in Florida in the next few days. I was in a crowded gas station the other day with about 20-25 customers inside and three people were wearing masks - two cashiers and myself.
I am high risk and also a teacher. LIke most people, I can't afford to stay home. Our school had 60-80 students in mandatory quarantine the week before Thanksgiving. If it hits a certain number of cases, the school will be shutdown for a minimum of two weeks for a mandatory disinfecting.
Would we have fared better without a lockdown? That's for Monday morning quarterbacks to decide.
This thing overwhelmed us at first. We didnt have enough PPE, tests, and little contact tracing. It got out of control very quickly. Of course mistakes were made, but it was spreading in high density populations, like New York and California, at alarming rates. Now hospitals in South Dakota are overcapacity.
We also live in a country where some people equate mask wearing, social distancing, and contact tracing as an attempt to take away their personal liberty. We will hit a million cases here in Florida in the next few days. I was in a crowded gas station the other day with about 20-25 customers inside and three people were wearing masks - two cashiers and myself.
I am high risk and also a teacher. LIke most people, I can't afford to stay home. Our school had 60-80 students in mandatory quarantine the week before Thanksgiving. If it hits a certain number of cases, the school will be shutdown for a minimum of two weeks for a mandatory disinfecting.
Would we have fared better without a lockdown? That's for Monday morning quarterbacks to decide.
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Is it on the agenda to kill small businesses and let the big box guys take over to gain money and power?
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Only going to hurt in many ways. Is it going to be a National lockdown as soon as Biden takes office. When sworn in, will there be a crowd?
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