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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by raydev on Sunday May 16, 2021 @10:25PM (#27179487)
> point is we don't necessarily have great data on which precautions work better than others

We actually do, though, and it's preventing close contact of non-household members and preventing sharing enclosed spaces with non-household members for long periods of time.

People spread the virus before they even know they're sick, and a subset of sick people either need to go to work despite being sick, or they just don't care.

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Re:There have been 7M-13M excess deaths worldwide during the... by ceejayoz on Monday May 17, 2021 @02:57PM (#27186889)
Again, all those restrictions were typically implemented at the same time - distancing, capacity limits, masking, etc.

It's going to take time and years of research to tease out things like "did closing schools specifically help".

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