Unsurprisingly it is now confirmed that Nanny's lockdowns were a colossal policy failure.
Lockdown saved as few as 1,700 lives in England and Wales in
spring 2020, according to a landmark study which concludes the benefits
of the policy were “a drop in the bucket compared to the staggering collateral costs” imposed.
Scientists
from Johns Hopkins University and Lund University examined almost
20,000 studies on measures taken to protect populations against Covid
across the world.
Their findings suggest that lockdowns in response to the first wave of the pandemic, when compared with less strict policies adopted by the likes of Sweden, prevented as few as 1,700 deaths in England and Wales. In an average week there are around 11,000 deaths in England and Wales.
The
report authors said their findings showed that the draconian measures
had a “negligible impact” on Covid mortality and were a “policy failure
of gigantic proportions”.
Johns Hopkins is one of the most respected medical schools in the world and became known during the pandemic for its Covid dashboard measuring cases and deaths all over the world.
The
study’s authors conclude:
“The science of lockdowns is clear; the data
are in: the deaths saved were a drop in the bucket compared to the
staggering collateral costs imposed.”
The detrimental impact of lockdown on children’s health and education,
on economic growth and its contribution to large increases in public
debt has become increasingly clear since the policy was introduced.
