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An Orwellian public information notice in Manchester on Thursday.The use of universal lockdowns in the event of the appearance of a new pathogen has no precedent. It has been a science experiment in real time, with most of the human population used as lab rats. The costs are legion.
The question is whether lockdowns worked to control the virus in a way that is scientifically verifiable.
Based on the following studies, the answer is no and for a variety of reasons: bad data, no correlations, no causal demonstration, anomalous exceptions, and so on. There is no relationship between lockdowns (or whatever else people want to call them to mask their true nature) and virus control.
Lockdowns Do Not Control The Coronavirus: The Evidence
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As the famous investor Ray Dalio has said, truth is the essential foundation for good outcomes . Yet the government has relied on information that has often turned out to be untrue.
For example, Imperial College research in March, which precipitated a lockdown in over 100 countries, including the first major pub closure in history in the UK, was deeply flawed.
Indeed, lockdowns, the core of the UK s current strategy, have been shown by many studies to be ineffective, and often counterproductive. Examples can be found in appendix 1.
David Nabarro, of the World Health Organisation, has recently emphasised their destructive effects, especially for the least well-off.
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