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Some leaders believe that lockdowns were a mistake

Here's a comment by a medical advisor in the UK: “Lockdown was a panic measure and I believe history will say trying to control Covid-19 through lockdown was a monumental mistake on a global scale, the cure was worse than the disease.

“I never want to see national lockdown again. It was always a temporary measure that simply delayed the stage of the epidemic we see now. It was never going to change anything fundamentally, however low we drove down the number of cases, and now we know more about the virus and how to track it we should not be in this position again.

“We absolutely should never return to a position where children cannot play or go to school.

“I believe the harm lockdown is doing to our education, health care access, and broader aspects of our economy and society will turn out to be at least as great as the harm done by Covid-19.”

https://www.aier.org/article/small-signs-of-hope-that-lockdons-could-soon-end/

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kpinna

Sep 01, 2020

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And now some scientists think that the PCR test we've been using has been way too sensitive, such that people who are unlikely to spread the virus are testing positive. So all this time we've been counting the wrong cases. Again, locking down the society excessively... https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/diagnostics-too-sensitive-your-covid-test-is-positive-should-it-be-120083000132_1.html

Bill Henderson

Aug 29, 2020

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I think that fundamentally it will have changed things for the better, there has been no segment of society that hasn’t been impacted and it’s identified some real flaws.

kpinna

Aug 29, 2020

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Replying to

I found a research report that compared countries or regions that had lockdowns with those that did not have lockdowns and there was no consistent difference in death rates: https://www.aier.org/article/lockdowns-and-mask-mandates-do-not-lead-to-reduced-covid-transmission-rates-or-deaths-new-study-suggests/

Meanwhile, here's a link to today's release of new guidance by Newsom (Blueprint for a Safer Economy) in case anybody wants details about the latest CA lockdown: https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/

Bill Henderson

Sep 01, 2020

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@kpinna Well for starters1, I don't believe that N95 masks are even legitimately virus blockers, virus' are tiny, so about the thing it is most effective at, is stopping "droplets." I was also surprised they left out comment about the COVID-19 virus mutating every 15 days... I mean it is a living thing, and has a will to live, and it doesn't really live on until it learns to stop killing the host. So a good reason why they see a leveling off is that it is gradually mutating to a milder strain. The other item of inconvenience, is the fact, it's not really taking the consideration of re-infection, which could suggest that even if you had a successful bout of COVID-19, you could contract an even weaker version, but be more susceptible to it, as your body's immune system will remain compromised for sometime.

It's interesting that they also point out an RO of 1, which indicates a pattern like the regular flu, which I was surprised at learning I alway s though the RO was at least 3 with some strains being 5. Thats a big relief if that is true.