The idea that cutting social contact does not restrict transmission of a respiratory disease, and then by extension illness and death is rather fanciful. The p

The idea that cutting social contact does not restrict transmission of a respiratory disease, and then by extension illness and death is rather fanciful. The problem with these sorts of debates is that someone comes along and dumps a reference from a single opinionated, controversial paper that they've seen somewhere and declares that something is the absolute truth. Here's a reference with quotes from scientists disputing that paper with a lot of links to papers showing a different conclusion. https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-a-preprint-looking-at-the-impact-of-lockdowns-as-posted-on-the-john-hopkins-krieger-school-of-arts-and-sciences-website/ https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-a-prep...