Are Lockdowns Effective? A Comprehensive overview of the research!

Are lockdowns effective at stopping the spread of Covid 19? Are they necessary? Do they cause more harm than good? We've compiled a list of resources for you to determine for yourself if this is an effective way of preventing the spread or if it is a fools errand, causing far more harm than good. Enjoy! ARE LOCKDOWNS EFFECTIVE?

1. Scientists find blanket stay-at-home orders had little effect on curbing coronavirus outbreaks in Europe

   1. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8294507/New-study-reveals-blueprint-getting-Covid-19-lockdown.html

2. STUDY: Assessing mandatory stay‐at‐home and business closure effects on the spread of COVID‐19 (Harsh lockdowns do NOT lead to better outcomes)

   1. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eci.13484

3. STUDY: New Study Indicates Lockdowns Didn’t Slow the Spread of Covid-19

   1. https://www.aier.org/article/new-study-indicates-lockdowns-didnt-slow-the-spread-of-covid-19/

4. Medical experts urge against use of “indefensible” lockdowns

   1. https://tnc.news/2021/01/09/medical-experts-urge-against-use-of-indefensible-lockdowns/

5. COVID-19: Rethinking the Lockdown Groupthink

   1. https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202010.0330/v2

6. Stanford study finds no significant benefits to COVID-19 lockdowns

   1. https://thepostmillennial.com/stanford-study-finds-no-significant-benefits-to-lockdowns

7. The Doctor Is In: Scott Atlas And The Efficacy Of Lockdowns, Social Distancing, And Closings

   1. https://www.hoover.org/research/doctor-scott-atlas-and-efficacy-lockdowns-social-distancing-and-closings

8. Study: Lockdowns Not Linked With Lower COVID Death Rates, New Study Finds

   1. https://fee.org/articles/lockdowns-not-linked-with-lower-covid-death-rates-new-study-finds/?utm_source=zapier

9. ‘Lockdown is a terrible experiment’

   1. https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/10/09/lockdown-is-a-terrible-experiment/

10. Study: Lockdowns and Mask Mandates Do Not Lead to Reduced COVID Transmission Rates or Deaths, New Study Suggests

    1. https://www.aier.org/article/lockdowns-and-mask-mandates-do-not-lead-to-reduced-covid-transmission-rates-or-deaths-new-study-suggests/

11. Analysis: Stats Hold a Surprise: Lockdowns May Have Had Little Effect on COVID-19 Spread

    1. https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/stats-hold-a-surprise-lockdowns-may-have-had-little-effect-on-covid-19-spread/

12. Study: Full lockdown policies in Western Europe countries have no evident impacts on the COVID-19 epidemic.

    1. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.24.20078717v1.full.pdf

13. Analysis: There is no empirical evidence for these lockdowns

    1. https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/22/there-is-no-empirical-evidence-for-these-lockdowns/?fbclid=IwAR2b8rjwDDkHNecmdxXZv9gV7oReyHp9vsLf5qe-wPgavKsaBKgt8Zgqv0o

ARE LOCKDOWNS NECESSARY?

1. Report: Research Finds Lockdowns Are Far Worse For Health And Lives Than Coronavirus

   1. https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/16/research-finds-lockdowns-are-far-worse-for-health-and-lives-than-coronavirus/

2. Article: Stanford University epidemiologist John Ioannidis: Fatality rate of COVID-19 lower than initially speculated

   1. https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/06/23/stanford-university-epidemiologist-john-ioannidis-fatality-rate-of-covid-19-lower-than-initially-speculated/

3. Study: Just 0.05% of healthy under-70s who get Covid-19 will die from the disease, study claims

   1. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8843927/Just-0-05-healthy-70s-Covid-19-die-disease-study-claims.html

4. STUDY: New German Study Finds Coronavirus Mortality Rate at 0.37% — Ten Times Less Than Flawed WHO Numbers that Sent Global Community into a Panic

   1. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/new-german-study-finds-coronavirus-mortality-rate-0-37-ten-times-less-flawed-numbers-sent-global-community-panic/

5. How To Show Americans Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus

   1. https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/21/how-to-show-americans-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus/

6. EXCLUSIVE: Lockdown disaster dwarfs Covid-19, say SA actuaries

   1. https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/2020-05-05-lockdown-disaster-dwarfs-covid-19-say-sa-actuaries/

7. The COVID-19 shutdown will cost Americans millions of years of life

   1. https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/499394-the-covid-19-shutdown-will-cost-americans-millions-of-years-of-life

8. Report: How deadly is COVID-19 for children? Here's what we know

   1. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/how-deadly-is-covid-19-for-children-here-s-what-we-know-1.5023528

9. Report: Getting realistic about the coronavirus death rate

   1. https://nypost.com/2020/06/25/getting-realistic-about-the-coronavirus-death-rate/

10. Article: Media Fearmongering Has Led To Misconceptions About Risk Of Death From COVID-19

    1. https://www.dailywire.com/news/media-fearmongering-has-led-to-misconceptions-about-risk-of-death-from-covid-19

11. Report: An Alternative to Lockdowns: Declaration Offers Trump a Chance to Lead on ‘Science’

    1. https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/an-alternative-to-lockdowns-declaration-offers-trump-a-chance-to-lead-on-science/

12. Study: Herd immunity would save more lives than strict COVID-19 lockdown, study says

    1. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/strict-covid-19-lockdowns-could-lead-to-more-waves-and-more-deaths-u-k-study-finds

13. Delaying herd immunity is costing lives

    1. https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/29/delaying-herd-immunity-is-costing-lives/

14. T.J. Rodgers: Do lockdowns save many lives? In most places, data say no

    1. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/do-lockdowns-save-many-lives-in-most-places-data-say-no

15. Do Lockdowns Save Many Lives? In Most Places, the Data Say No

    1. https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-lockdowns-save-many-lives-is-most-places-the-data-say-no-11587930911

16. Article: Majority Of New Coronavirus Cases In New York Are From People Staying At Home—Not Traveling Or Working

    1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/05/06/majority-of-new-coronavirus-cases-in-new-york-are-from-people-staying-at-home-not-traveling-or-working/?sh=328f94d61655

17. Analysis: Chillingly, Scariest Coronavirus Death Toll May Not Come from COVID-19

    1. https://www.ccn.com/chillingly-scariest-coronavirus-death-toll-may-not-come-from-covid-19/

18. Ontario confirms 74 percent of coronavirus deaths are in long-term care homes

    1. https://thepostmillennial.com/ontario-confirms-74-percent-of-coronavirus-deaths-are-in-long-term-care-homes

19. Report: Coronavirus: WHO backflips on virus stance by condemning lockdowns

    1. https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/coronavirus-who-backflips-on-virus-stance-by-condemning-lockdowns/news-story/f2188f2aebff1b7b291b297731c3da74

20. Report: Hidden Health Crisis: Elderly in Nursing Homes are Dying from Isolation, Not COVID-19

    1. https://samadimd.com/hidden-health-crisis-elderly-people-are-dying-from-isolation-especially-in-nursing-homes/?fbclid=IwAR3BoDtWjM58GhtdwZg42OsDrw3mKATA7SUMft1hAy4Y02zy_VNcUfRL3vo

21. Report: WHO Reverses Course, Calls on Nations to Avoid Coronavirus Lockdowns

    1. https://world.greekreporter.com/2020/10/15/who-reverses-course-calls-on-nations-to-avoid-coronavirus-lockdowns/

22. Study: Population-level COVID-19 mortality risk for non-elderly individuals overall and for non-elderly individuals without underlying diseases in pandemic epicenters

    1. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.20054361v2

23. Study: Covid Mortality for people under 70 = 0.05%

    1. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.05.20054361v2.full.pdf

24. Report: Canada's proportion of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care double the average of other countries, study shows

    1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-canada-long-term-care-deaths-study-1.5626751

25. Kentucky Judge rules lockdowns unconstitutional in breakthrough lawsuit

    1. https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-ky-judge-rules-gov-beshears-covid-mask-orders-unconstitutional-in-breakthrough-lawsuit

26. Covid distancing may have weakened children’s immune system, experts say

    1. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jun/09/covid-distancing-may-have-weakened-childrens-immune-system-experts-say?fbclid=IwAR2vpcHvC84l7KEE0p2nW9toXrNnEc4bcXBVGPKcGVy2FvpxVVG_NuT7d_o

27. STUDY: Children’s chances of dying from COVID are ‘tiny’ study suggests

    1. https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-childrens-chances-of-dying-from-covid-19-are-tiny-study-suggests-12057738

28. LANCET STUDY: Children and young people remain at low risk of COVID-19 mortality

    1. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(21)00066-3/fulltext

29. CDC: 0.04% of Covid Deaths are in children 17 and under

    1. https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/terence-p-jeffrey/cdc-004-covid-19-deaths-are-children-17-and-under

ARE LOCKDOWNS HARMFUL?

1. OVERVIEWS OF HARMS

   1. Article: Way more young people in Ontario died from effects of lockdown than of Covid itself

      1. https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/07/way-more-young-people-ontario-died-lockdown-covid-itself/

   2. Article: The growing evidence on lockdown deaths

      1. https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-growing-evidence-on-lockdown-deaths

   3. Report: Doctors Worldwide Are Recording More Deaths Due to Lockdowns Than to COVID-19

      1. https://townhall.com/columnists/bradslager/2020/08/20/doctors-worldwide-are-recording-more-deaths-due-to-lockdowns-than-to-covid19-n2574754

   4. Canadian expert's research finds lockdown harms are 10 times greater than benefits

      1. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/canadian-experts-research-finds-lockdown-harms-are-10-times-greater-than-benefits

   5. South African Data Analysts: Lockdown Will Lead to 29 Times More Deaths Than Coronavirus

      1. https://summit.news/2020/05/05/south-african-data-analysts-lockdown-will-lead-to-29-times-more-deaths-than-coronavirus/

   6. Report: Anxiety From Reactions to Covid-19 Will Destroy At Least Seven Times More Years of Life Than Can Be Saved by Lockdowns

      1. https://www.justfacts.com/news_covid-19_anxiety_lockdowns_life_destroyed_saved

   7. Report: Lawyers prepare to sue over damages inflicted by COVID-19 lockdowns

      1. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lawyers-prepare-to-sue-over-damages-inflicted-by-covid-19-lockdowns

2. INTERNATIONAL IMPACTS

   1. Millions had risen out of poverty. Coronavirus is pulling them back

      1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/world/asia/coronavirus-poverty-unemployment.html?fbclid=IwAR3giptgW3iFb4CNtlSTaXh3VNmKbFmWErWvU-ksC_tgk0TCUPybwTkHFXQ

   2. Economic Impact Of Lockdown Will Cause More Deaths Than COVID-19

      1. https://nationandstate.com/2020/05/08/professor-economic-impact-of-lockdown-will-cause-more-deaths-than-covid-19/

   3. Online sexual exploitation of children up 88% during pandemic

      1. https://tnc.news/2021/02/15/online-sexual-exploitation-of-children-up-88-during-pandemic/

   4. Child Suicide is Becoming an ‘International Epidemic’ Amid Restricted Pandemic Life, Doctors Warn

      1. https://fee.org/articles/child-suicide-is-becoming-an-international-epidemic-amid-restricted-pandemic-life-doctors-warn/

3. SUICIDES

   1. Coronavirus pandemic may lead to 75,000 "deaths of despair" from suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, study says

      1. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-deaths-suicides-drugs-alcohol-pandemic-75000/Lockdowns & Their Impact

   2. REPORT: More people will die from suicide than coronavirus:

      1. https://thepostmillennial.com/report-more-people-are-dying-from-suicide-than-coronavirus

   3. Report: Suicide claimed more Japanese lives in October than 10 months of COVID

      1. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-suicide-coronavirus-more-japanese-suicides-in-october-than-total-covid-deaths/

   4. FUREY: Suicidal thoughts are on the rise in Canada -- why are officials ignoring this?

      1. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/furey-suicidal-thoughts-are-on-the-rise-in-canada-why-are-officials-ignoring-this

   5. One in 10 Canadians say they’ve contemplated suicide since the pandemic began

      1. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/12/05/one-in-10-canadians-say-theyve-contemplated-suicide-since-the-pandemic-began.html

4. DRUG OVERDOSES

   1. Overdose Deaths Continue to Soar Across Canada

      1. https://traxnews.org/overdose-deaths-continue-to-soar-across-canada/

   2. Report: Ontario on track for more than 2,200 opioid deaths this year

      1. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-on-track-for-more-than-2200-opioid-deaths-this-year/

   3. Alberta's opioid deaths soar during COVID-19 pandemic in deadliest year ever

      1. https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/opioid-overdose-deaths-soar-in-alberta-marking-the-deadliest-year-ever-recorded

5. MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS

   1. Cambridge Study: Children’s Mental Health Deteriorated 'Substantially' During Lockdown

      1. https://fee.org/articles/cambridge-study-children-s-mental-health-has-deteriorated-substantially-during-lockdown/

   2. Analysis: The COVID Pandemic Could Lead to 75,000 Additional Deaths from Alcohol and Drug Misuse and Suicide

      1. https://wellbeingtrust.org/areas-of-focus/policy-and-advocacy/reports/projected-deaths-of-despair-during-covid-19/

   3. Analysis: New data reveals dementia and Alzheimers are prevalent in COVID fatalities

      1. https://thepostmillennial.com/new-data-reveals-dementia-and-alzheimers-are-prevalent-in-covid-fatalities

   4. Study: Harvard Researchers: Nearly Half of Young Adults Showing Signs of Depression Amid Pandemic

      1. https://fee.org/articles/harvard-researchers-nearly-half-of-young-adults-showing-signs-of-depression-amid-pandemic/

   5. Lockdown will claim the equivalent of 560,000 lives because of the health impact of the 'deep and prolonged recession it will cause', expert warns

      1. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8925425/Lockdown-claim-equivalent-560-000-lives-health-impact-recession-cause.html

   6. The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence

      1. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30460-8/fulltext

   7. Depression and substance abuse skyrocket during lockdowns: poll

      1. https://tnc.news/2021/02/17/depression-and-substance-abuse-skyrocket-during-lockdowns-poll/

6. DEFERRED HEALTH CARE

   1. REPORT: At least 2300 Canadians died waiting for surgeries in 2020

      1. https://tnc.news/2021/06/29/at-least-2300-canadians-died-waiting-for-surgeries-in-2020-report/

   2. Study: Lockdown 'caused up to 21,000 extra deaths - many due to reduced access to healthcare', shocking study claims

      1. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8574317/Lockdown-caused-21-000-extra-deaths-reduced-access-healthcare.html

   3. Professor Warns Cancer Deaths Due to COVID Disruption Will Be Greater Than Deaths From Coronavirus

      1. https://summit.news/2020/04/23/professor-warns-cancer-deaths-due-to-covid-disruption-will-be-greater-than-deaths-from-coronavirus/

   4. Report: Nearly three dozen people died in Ontario because coronavirus policies delayed their heart surgeries

      1. https://www.theblaze.com/news/ontario-deaths-heart-surgery-coronavirus-covid

   5. Analysis: Child surgeries and cancer treatments decimated by pandemic measures

      1. https://tnc.news/2020/10/08/child-surgeries-and-cancer-treatments-decimated-by-pandemic-measures/

   6. Alberta delayed 10,000 surgeries during its 3rd wave of COVID-19, which pushed ICUs to the brink

      1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-third-wave-surgery-backlog-icu-patients-covid-1.6051841

ECONOMIC IMPACTS

1. Report: Small businesses won't survive second lockdown, warns CFIB

   1. https://torontosun.com/news/national/small-businesses-wont-survive-second-lockdown-warns-cfib

2. Physician and news reporter goes off script covid

   1. https://brandnewtube.com/watch/physician-and-news-reporter-goes-off-script-covid_jgsGAJhaaqyp2GS.html?fbclid=IwAR2GtydiABpn9kFtwbMLSd0c3rvGmJUK7-O6tndJEUPXaWiy3ZLLtIv1wUI

3. Report: EXCLUSIVE: CTV News EDITS CLIP ON CANADA’S DEATH COUNT!! FIND OUT WHAT THEY’RE HIDING!!!

   1. https://pressfortruth.ca/exclusive-ctv-news-edits-clip-on-canadas-death-count-find-out-what-theyre-hiding/

4. 34,500 Alberta small business owners contemplating pulling the plug, putting 625,000 jobs at risk

   1. https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/media/news-releases/34500-alberta-small-business-owners-contemplating-pulling-plug-putting-625000

5. 51% of Canadian businesses uncertain they can remain open: Canadian Chamber of Commerce

   1. https://tnc.news/2021/03/06/51-of-canadian-businesses-uncertain-they-can-remain-open-canadian-chamber-of-commerce/

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