In consequence, lockdown policies are ill-founded and should be rejected as a pandemic policy instrument.
They also note that before the COVID pandemic, even researchers from the World Health Organization understood that lockdown measures did little to prevent the spread of illness. An article from the WHO Writing Group in 2006 stated the following:
Reports from the 1918 influenza pandemic indicate that social-distancing measures did not stop or appear to dramatically reduce transmission… In Edmonton, Canada, isolation and quarantine were instituted; public meetings were banned; schools, churches, colleges, theaters, and other public gathering places were closed; and business hours were restricted without obvious impact on the epidemic.
It is shocking to learn that the WHO understood that lockdown measures were ineffective in curbing the spread of illness prior to the pandemic. One can only assume that politicians wanted to seem proactive in fighting against the virus and government health officials conformed to those in positions of power.
This new study from Johns Hopkins should come as a relief to everyone. Lockdown measures have been proven ineffective, and vaccinations have been widely distributed. This means the only thing left to do is get on with our lives. Unfortunately, the mainstream media and Democrats refuse to do so.
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