Lockdowns Could Be 10 Times More Costly to Public Health Than No Lockdowns: Study

Lockdowns Could Be 10 Times More Costly to Public Health Than No Lockdowns: Study
Stacked chairs line a restaurant in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Dec. 9, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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A recent report that reviewed the cost-benefit balance of lockdowns, widely imposed by governments around the world to prevent the spread of the CCP virus, said the restrictions do more harm to public health quality than no restrictions.

“The decision to adopt repeated or prolonged lockdown measures cannot be based on COVID-19 numbers alone. Instead, we need to better recognize the risks and trade-offs inherent in our public health measures against COVID,” Ari Joffe, a specialist in pediatrics, pediatric infectious diseases, and pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Alberta, wrote in a report (pdf).