People ask this question a lot, and I think it's actually worth an answer, so my thoughts: Have lockdowns caused large numbers of excess deaths? 1/10 https://twitter.com/kknnaabb/status/1370949787084746752 …
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8/10 These numbers are pretty similar across different investigations of excess mortality - in fact, it appears that lockdowns where there's NO COVID are associated with ~fewer~ deaths that expectedpic.twitter.com/Bu3lKkTHw7
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9/10 This doesn't mean that lockdowns work, or that they're perfect, or any such nonsense It doesn't even mean that they definitely don't kill people (remember, short-term)
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10/10 It DOES mean that the best current evidence suggests that lockdowns in and of themselves are not associated with detectable increases in mortality They may even REDUCE deaths overall
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11/10 Small addendum - lockdowns could still be bad if they saved lives, the point here is that we are completely lacking the evidence that we'd expect to find if lockdowns caused many deaths as some claim
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I live in Thailand and one mitigating factor is Thai society, in general, believe in the common good and the extended family. Thais are rarely alone to face severe crisis like this.
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Vietnam, Thailand, over 30 African countries....
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What is the time interval for the plot representing Taiwan? I was there from 11.20 to 01.21 and there was no lockdown (at least none that I noticed), apart from a compulsory 2-week quarantine for most people entering the country.
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