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COVID-19 mortality
03 Feb 2022 23:32 #4
by ScienceChic
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Replied by ScienceChic on topic COVID-19 mortality
1. This is not a peer-reviewed study, it's a self-published opinion piece by the authors, one of whom is the person in charge of publishing this series (no, that's not a conflict of interest at all).
3. Did anyone bother to check their sources? How about other meta-analyses that ARE actually peer-reviewed? What's missing? Here's a hint: New Zealand.
New Zealand did do a full lockdown unlike any other nation did (Taiwan was close), they had minimal deaths and their economy is not destroyed. Further, I would bet (having not read the entire thing closely) that they didn't bother trying to calculate the impact on the economy had we not implemented any lockdown measures (half-assed as they were, they were never going to be as effective as they could've been) and had millions more deaths.
Read this publication and its conclusions with a huge dose of skepticism.
2. It's from the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterprise, not the fields of epidemiology, or virology. It's no wonder they decided lockdowns were bad.The Studies in Applied Economics series is under the general direction of Prof. Steve H. Hanke, Founder and Co-Director of The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). The views expressed in each working paper are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the institutions that the authors are affiliated with.
3. Did anyone bother to check their sources? How about other meta-analyses that ARE actually peer-reviewed? What's missing? Here's a hint: New Zealand.
New Zealand did do a full lockdown unlike any other nation did (Taiwan was close), they had minimal deaths and their economy is not destroyed. Further, I would bet (having not read the entire thing closely) that they didn't bother trying to calculate the impact on the economy had we not implemented any lockdown measures (half-assed as they were, they were never going to be as effective as they could've been) and had millions more deaths.
Read this publication and its conclusions with a huge dose of skepticism.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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