Re:Did lockdowns work? The verdict on Covid restrictions
by dadjoker on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @04:16PM
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Translation: make ad hominem attack instead of inspecting the data?
> 20% less deaths in exchange for mandating wearing a paper mask seems like a good deal? Esepecially as they're not comparing to not wearing masks, but just not requiring masks to be worn
That would be great if paper masks did anything to "control" an aerosolized virus. The RCT studies showing the worthlessness of masks in doing so are legion, and even the CDC and WHO wrote as much as far back as 2016.
> The IEA is an educational charity and free market think tank.
> Our mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of the markets in solving economic and social problems. Given the current economic challenges facing Britain and the wider global environment, it is more vital than ever that we promote the intellectual case for a free economy, low taxes, freedom in education, health and welfare and lower levels of regulation.
Which explains why they appear to be using weasel words and strained comparisons to downplay the benefits of regulation.
> Mask mandates, which most countries avoided in Spring 2020, reduced mortality by 18.7 per cent, particularly mandates in workplaces; and
20% less deaths in exchange for mandating wearing a paper mask seems like a good deal? Esepecially as they're not comparing to not wearing masks, but just not requiring masks to be worn.