Developed World’s Lockdowns May Be Catastrophic for Third World Poor

Developed World’s Lockdowns May Be Catastrophic for Third World Poor
A queue of needy individuals line up for a free meal during the government-imposed CCP virus lockdown period in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, on May 5, 2020. JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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Pandemic-related lockdowns in developing countries may reduce 100 million people to grinding poverty while causing suffering and death on a scale that may dwarf the human effects of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19, sources say.

Experts say that in recent years, growing economic freedom has lifted huge segments of the world population out of destitution.