Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control measures

Re:Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control ... by josephcsible on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:43PM (#26220196)

How is Australia evidence that lockdowns work when every country in the world had them, and almost all of them worked out much worse than Australia?

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Re:Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control ... by ivirshup on Sunday February 21, 2021 @10:41PM (#26220614)

I think countries like Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Vietnam, and South Korea show that lockdowns can be very effective at stopping spread. However, I think countries like Germany are currently showing us that just because it’s called a lockdown, doesn’t mean it’s effective. See also, California ending lockdowns while still having a high positivity rate.

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Re:Calling for benefit–risk evaluations of Covid-19 control ... by belltaco on Sunday February 21, 2021 @10:34PM (#26220576)

Because Australia (and Wuhan) had strict lockdowns and finees whereas other countries had barely any enforcement or punishments.

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