Lockdowns Had ‘Little to No Public Health Effect,’ Analysis of 24 Studies Concludes

Lockdowns Had ‘Little to No Public Health Effect,’ Analysis of 24 Studies Concludes
The parking lot and rides of Jolly Roger at the Pier remain empty and silent in Ocean City, Md., on April 26, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Lockdown measures used by governments worldwide to reduce the death toll from COVID-19 had little to no effect on mortality, according to three researchers who analyzed 24 studies.

The researchers, led by Steve Hanke, co-founder of The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise, screened 18,590 studies to select the 24 papers used for the final analysis.

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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