New study says lockdowns only reduced COVID mortality by .2 percent

2022-02-02

Lockdowns, school closures and limiting gatherings only reduced COVID mortality by 0.2 PERCENT at ‘enormous economic and social costs’, Johns Hopkins study finds

Researchers found lockdown measures put in place during the early wave of the pandemic only reduced COVID-19 mortality by .2 percent in the U.S. and Europe
The study concluded that lockdowns, school closures, and limiting gatherings did not have a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality
Researchers warned that lockdowns ‘marginal at best’ benefits needed to be compared with their ‘devastating effects’ on the economy and society
‘They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest, contributing to domestic violence, and undermining liberal democracy,’ researchers wrote

A new study found that lockdowns during the first wave of the pandemic had practically no effect in reducing deaths from COVID-19.

Lockdown measures put in place during the early wave of the pandemic in the spring of 2020 only reduced COVID-19 mortality by .2 percent in the U.S. and Europe, according to a Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis of several studies.

‘While this meta-analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects, they have imposed enormous economic and social costs where they have been adopted,’ researchers wrote. ‘In consequence, lockdown policies are ill-founded and should be rejected as a pandemic policy instrument.’

The study, conducted by Steve Hanke, a founder of the Johns Hopkins School of Applied Economics, Jonas Herby and Lars Jonung, a Swedish economist, concluded that lockdowns, school closures, and limiting gatherings did not have a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality.

Researchers found that lockdown measures put in place during the early wave of the pandemic only reduced COVID-19 mortality by .2 percent in the U.S. and Europe

The study concluded that lockdowns, school closures, and limiting gatherings did not have a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality

In fact, researchers warned that lockdowns ‘marginal at best’ benefits needed to be compared with their ‘devastating effects’ on the economy and society

The report also concluded that shelter-in-place orders (SIPOs) were also ineffective, only reducing COVID-19 mortality by 2.9 percent.

In fact, researchers warned that lockdowns ‘marginal at best’ benefits needed to be compared with their ‘devastating effects’ on the economy and society.

‘They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest, contributing to domestic violence, and undermining liberal democracy,’ researchers wrote.

According to CDC data, from May 2020 to April 2021, the U.S. recorded 100,306 drug overdose deaths, a 28.5 percent increase from the 78,056 deaths that were recorded in the previous 12-month period, Fox News reported.

A 2021 study from the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice found that domestic violence incidents increased by 8.1 percent after lockdown orders were issued.

And in April 2020 the unemployment rate rose to a staggering 14.8 percent before eventually dipping to 3.9 percent this December, just slightly above pre-pandemic rates.

All in all, researchers concluded lockdowns sacrifice too much for little in return.

‘Such a standard benefit-cost calculation leads to a strong conclusion: lockdowns should be rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument.’

In November, President Biden revealed his strategy to fight off COVID and the Omicron variant, saying he would focus on vaccines and boosters, instead of lockdowns and shutdowns.

As of Tuesday, the U.S has recorded a total of 75,112,854 Covid cases and 888,996 deaths.

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