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Thursday, February 10, 2022

Ill effects of lockdowns are far greater than any benefits

A new study from Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Applied Economics supports what I and others have long maintained: Lockdowns do not work, and their economic, social, educational and psychological costs far outweigh any health benefits they might bring.
-Steve

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I can't believe they spent money and time on this study - we've been screaming this for 2 solid years now.
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  1. WiscoDaveFebruary 10, 2022 at 11:04 AM

    Ahhh, but if THEY say it...

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  2. Tsgt JoeFebruary 10, 2022 at 11:07 AM

    “ I cant believe they spent time and money on this study- we’ve been screaming this for 2 years now”. Yeh but, what the hell do we know, we’re a bunch of ignorant right wing, hateful, anti science trogladites.

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  3. ruralcounselFebruary 10, 2022 at 11:12 AM

    I think the JH study is a little more nuanced than that. I think what they said is that lockdowns had no impact on total covid mortality (not any causes of mortality or other forms of damages.)

    See the blog Racontuer Report for the various arguments in the comments. Aesop is particularly critical of the study, but he assumes the point of lockdowns was to prevent hospitals from being shut down (though why being pushed to 100% capacity would require them to shut down. kind of like saying putting the gas pedal to the floor makes the engine stall.) And while he thinks that lockdowns didn't save lives from covid, he thinks the other health-related good that the hospitals did for other emergency cases by being kept open more than counter-balances the harm caused by the lockdowns. Which is total conjecture on his part. So I think he makes at least two major errors in his analysis.

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  4. KidFebruary 10, 2022 at 11:22 AM

    Money laundering imo. Money for nuthin..

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  5. SteveFebruary 10, 2022 at 11:32 AM

    It's gets interesting for people once they figure out no one is listening.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2022 at 11:52 AM

    Wanna read something that will make your head spin like the girl in "The Exorcist"?

    Read this: https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/extremely-urgent-the-biden-administration/comments

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  7. irontomflintFebruary 10, 2022 at 11:53 AM

    If they didn't spend the money to have this study done, then there would be no money to be kicked back to whoever employed the people that did the study! No offense, but try to keep up! ;)
    Now, look at the brilliant mayor of Hudson, Ohio, that has decided that allowing ice fishing would bring prostitution. Honest to God, he said that...

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  8. irontomflintFebruary 10, 2022 at 11:54 AM

    If they didn't spend the money to have this study done, then there would be no money to be kicked back to whoever employed the people that did the study! No offense, but try to keep up! ;)
    Now, look at the brilliant mayor of Hudson, Ohio, that has decided that allowing ice fishing would bring prostitution. Honest to God, he said that...

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2022 at 12:00 PM

    I've witnessed it 1st hand myself. I have a young austic adult in our house, who prior to Covid had a part time job and participated in adult league bowling. He was doing well. Then shut-down occurred, no bowling and job also disappreared. Literally house bound pretty much, he is bored out of his tree. Enthusiasm is way down.

    Wife was a school teacher (recently retired) and noticed performance in class and participation was way down. All kids pretty much paid for their isolation.

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  10. MoFoFebruary 10, 2022 at 12:29 PM

    After working with geniuses like these people I can believe it. It's not science unless there's a peer reviewed paper written by smug PhD asshats.

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  11. TRIBFebruary 10, 2022 at 3:20 PM

    govt grant money to tell us to go out into Sun and fresh air get over this as you would a case of the flu.

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  12. RickFebruary 10, 2022 at 4:16 PM

    All that is necessary is to review the various positions - sometimes exactly contrary one to the other - seemingly not as result of new strudies but in lockstep with government announcents to conclude this is only the latest iteration of 'Follow The Money'.

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  13. mbobFebruary 10, 2022 at 5:02 PM

    Well they could either spend the money for this study or they could use it to reward hospitals for dead covid patients.

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