COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place Policies Failed to Save Lives: Study

COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place Policies Failed to Save Lives: Study
Protesters gather at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the 'Stay at Home' order in Columbus, Ohio on April 20, 2020. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Updated:

A new study that examined “excess death” data to gauge the impact of shelter-in-place policies on mortality concluded that lockdowns or stay-at-home policies failed to save lives.

Economists from the University of Southern California and the RAND Corporation sought to evaluate the net impact of shelter-in-place (SIP) mandates by examining excess death data from 43 countries and all 50 U.S. states.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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