The Epoch Times ByÂ
The great body of evidence shows that COVID-19 lockdowns, shelter-in-place policies, masks, school closures, and mask mandates have failed in their purpose of curbing transmission or reducing deaths. These restrictive policies were ineffective and devastating failures, causing immense harm especially to the poorer and vulnerable within societies.
Nearly all governments have attempted compulsory measures to control the virus, but no government can claim success. The research indicates that mask mandates, lockdowns, and school closures have had no discernible impact of virus trajectories.
Bendavid reported âin the framework of this analysis, there is no evidence that more restrictive nonpharmaceutical interventions (âlockdownsâ) contributed substantially to bending the curve of new cases in England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, or the United States in early 2020.â Weâve known this for a very long time now but governments continue to double down, causing misery upon people with ramifications that will likely take decades or more to repair…
