“Put simply, lockdowns DON’T work,” the Republican Ms. Noem tweeted with a link to the study. “See for yourself.” Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, touted the research in a Friday blast, saying “the ‘experts’ and wannabe dictators, aka governors, were wrong, wrong, wrong and now they demand more bailouts.” “This is a peer-reviewed study in a medical journal that says they studied 10 different countries, and what they found is that the mandatory lockdowns did no better than voluntary suggestions,” Mr. Paul, a physician, said on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.” “So I’ve been saying this for a long time. I don’t think we’ve changed the trajectory of the virus at all with any of the things we’re told to do, and they’re never going to let up on this.”