The authors of the Great Barrington nonsense have produced a website called "collateral global", claiming to document the collateral effects of COVID-19 lockdowns I thought I'd have a look at the scholarship on display 1/npic.twitter.com/N6TdiWQ7Bp
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12/n All of this is a bit galling. The question of government restrictions and COVID-19 is a vitally important one. The answers are complex and nuanced
13/n Instead of engaging with that, the authors of this website are presenting all of these pieces of often very detailed scientific research as some kind of proof that lockdowns are bad Which is nonsense
14/n In reality, as we now know from many places in the world, the impact of COVID-19 itself are problematic, and there are quite clear BENEFITS to lockdowns in some cases
15/n The scientific approach is to approach restrictions with careful consideration Instead, we see this sort of absurd political rhetoric from the authors of the GBDpic.twitter.com/CcNvrjh1zW
Some factors which may have impacted cancer screening during the pandemic: Clinical caution- more necessary when doctors may be ill? Confused symptoms- worse if people assume cough=covid? Clinical capacity- lockdowns help? Fear/shielding- thought they wanted focused prevention?
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