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The pandemic upended many people's lives - people have lost loved ones, lost jobs, been isolated for too long, folks who contracted the virus have effects of lo
by sharadov 5y ago
The pandemic upended many people's lives - people have lost loved ones, lost jobs, been isolated for too long, folks who contracted the virus have effects of long-covid.
- treeman79 5y agoAccording to John Hopkins study. Little to nothing was accomplished from all that pain. https://weartv.com/amp/news/local/study-from-johns-hopkins-univ-finds-lockdowns-had-little-to-no-effect-on-covid-mortality-02-13-2022 https://weartv.com/amp/news/local/study-from-johns-hopkins-u...
- drooby 5y ago“Johns Hopkins study” It does not appear to be peer reviewed. They are economists not epidemiologists. Only one of three are associated with JH and JH did not endorse the study. https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/claims-johns-hopkins-study-showed-lockdowns-ineffective-reducing-covid-19-mortality-based-working-paper-questionable-methods-fox-news-daily-mail/ https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/claims-johns-hopkins-...
- gizmo686 5y agoOf the 5 paragraphs you link, one cautions that: > "It's a controversial and important topic that the public needs to let play out in the academic research, because obviously as a non-economist it will be very difficult to read this study and say, "Oh yes, the methods and the research is valid," Stubblefield said. And another notes that "This contradicts a University of Oxford study which estimated the lockdowns saved 3-million lives in Europe."
- moistly 5y agoChrist, this misrepresentation once again. All y’all need to get caught up: that is not a John Hopkins have study, the researchers are not epidemiologists they’re g.d. economists, the thing is not peer-reviewed, and it does not support your claim. Quit being a sucker propaganda that encourages you to get sick.