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Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:55:00 -0300

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

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Lockdowns had little or no impact on COVID-19 deaths, new study shows

Lockdowns in the U.S. and Europe had little or no impact in reducing deaths from COVID-19, according to a new analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

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Fri, 04 Feb 2022 02:43:37 -0300

Alexandre Hannud Abdo

aleabdo@hubzilla.com.br

If there was any intention to do journalism, the title of this news piece should have read: "based on studies done by social scientists, three people with little knowledge of fruticulture compare apples to oranges while pretending to compare bananas and conclude that rainfall doesn't affect the growth of cashew". Unfortunately this is not about tasty vegetables, but a global life-or-death issue.

One can only wonder why such a non-reviewed, non-edited, self-published text from people who have no credentials in the field and are ostensibly politically motivated on the issue gets any attention.

Metanalysis, even if properly conducted, ain't even an appropriate tool to apply to this question, since both the systems and the treatment are too heterogeneous for a metanalytic procedure to reach meaningful conclusions.

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On the issue, there are well documented clear evidence cases of different levels of lockdown that in some contexts significantly improved or even contained the epidemic without major societal harm (France, New Zealand), as well as refusals to lockdown at any level that had catastrophic consequences (collapse of the health system in a few Brazilian cities), but also varied approaches to lockdowns that didn't reach the desired effect but possibly (in some cases very likely) averted major catastrophes, like the ill-coordinated efforts of states in the USA and Brazil; and finally other contexts where lockdowns were not required at all to contain the epidemic (Korea, Japan). Each of these cases is unique in its combination of people, territory, culture, habits, politics, climate, remote work potential, and thus dynamics of the epidemic, and decisions had to be taken navigating all of that.

There is though one point to be made about covid-19 and lockdowns: the fact that this disease has a relatively long and contaminant incubation period, plus a large number of contaminant asymptomatic cases and mild cases ressembling common flu, added to the fact that little was known in the early days about its severity and contagion (and even longer to understand it was airborne), made lockdowns a uniquely effective tool in a number of contexts, which would not be the case for other epidemics.

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 05:03:40 -0300

RockyIII

rocky3@im.allmendenetz.de

@Alexandre Hannud Abdo Thank you

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:15:36 -0300

RockyIII

rocky3@im.allmendenetz.de

@Alexandre Hannud Abdo
this may interest you:
L’ARN messager : une révolution médicale

https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/103509-000-A/l-arn-messager-une-revolution-medicale/

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 02:34:24 -0300 última edição: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 04:10:46 -0300

Cyborg 2-A ✅

wago@libertious.com

It was annoying when everything closed at noon. Then at 5pm, yet delivery guys could run until about 8. But they were going to everyone in town, so possibly spreading.

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:02:57 -0300 última edição: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 11:03:28 -0300

Giac El Vecio

giacelvecio@diversispiritus.net.br

Disinformazione uccide di questi tempi.

Bloccare disinformazione sul covid non è censura ma è salvare vite, di questi tempi.

Chi condivide disinformazione potenzialmente omicida a mio parere è complice di omicidio, di questi tempi.