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Coronavirus: WHO backflips on virus stance by condemning lockdowns (news.com.au)
7 points by zpeti on Oct 11, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


To be fair to WHO, I don't think they ever advocated lockdowns.

The other thing that puzzles me is that I see some data that suggest lockdowns are not even helping to stop virus from spreading and this doesn't seem to be ever mentioned or discussed. It looks like an important point to me.

I am referring to two serology studies, one in Spain [1], one in Italy [2], both with the same conclusion. Health workers got more infected than the rest of the population, but outside of health workers, same % with covid antibodies between essential workers who were not locked down and people who were locked down.

The shape and timing of infections or covid deaths in Sweden is also almost identical to other European countries, suggesting the peak had more to do with the natural evolution of the virus rather than lockdowns.

[1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

[2] https://www.istat.it/it/files//2020/08/ReportPrimiRisultatiI...


"Instead, Dr Nabarro is advocating for a new approach to containing the virus.".

Too bad the article does not mention what the alternative is. The article feels like a hollow statement.




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