Lockdowns Prevented Few COVID-19 Deaths Compared to Typical Flu Season Study Reveals

A giant television over the A57 motorway urges people to stay home in Manchester, England, on March 26, 2020. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Researchers have concluded that lockdowns should be “rejected out of hand” to control future pandemics as they failed to significantly reduce deaths.

Experts from Johns Hopkins University and Lund University claim that measures taken to curb COVID-19 in the spring of 2020 failed to significantly reduce deaths while imposing severe economic and social costs.