Re:Ask HN: Anyone else burnt out due to extended lockdown an...
by thomasfromcdnjs on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @10:30PM
(#25842291)
I like the link you shared, thanks. (Though the graph still could have easily trended the way it did for many other reasons)
Here is an interesting paper too -> http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.552... (Co-authored by Donald Henderson who was credited with ridding the world of smallpox) (talks about the pros and mostly cons of lockdowns)
Edit: Just adding a link to a paper that suggests T-Cell immunity from previous beta corona viruses might be helping -> https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2550-z
Victorians already had antibodies - absolutely no evidence of this and plenty of evidence to the contrary, if we had antibodies the second wave wouldn't have happened.
we could just be a healthier - Healthy people still get covid.
we don't have subways - Plenty of packed commuter trains and trams, having them underground makes no difference.
Aside from all that, the case numbers correlate extremely well with when the lockdowns started and when their severity increased (https://chrisbillington.net/COVID_VIC.html), there are zero other rational explanations.