Lockdowns Do Not Control News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 07:25 UTC © Parastoo Maleki on UnsplashSince the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 global pandemic, many issues have arisen that run contrary to historical precedents and known and practiced public health principles of the last century. This article discusses some of these issues: assumptions made without evidence, the incorrect case definition, PCR diagnostic test problems, the impact of these two factors on morbidity and mortality estimates, school closures, facemasks, lockdowns and their effects on children. Assumptions about SARS-CoV-2 made without evidence - the creation of panic Panic has been spread among the general population since the beginning of the pandemic, based on the idea of asymptomatic transmission . This idea was strongly influenced by a case report in Germany, in which an infection was attributed to contact with an asymptomatic person (1).

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