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Re:Paul Alexander, ‘the man in the iron lung’, has died by foofie on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @01:16PM (#39694334)
I think your comment reflects that you learned nothing from the pandemic. Lockdowns were proven to reduce the spread, as was practicing basic personal higiene measures such as washing hands, wear a mask, and respect social distancing. They are 100% full proof specially if you are forced to share public and private spaces with irresponsible people who don't even practice basic higiene, but that does not mean that you do not improve your odds of contracting and spreading the disease if you take responsible measures.

We're in the 21st century and we are still trying to deny the point that Ignaz Semmelweis made two centuries ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis

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Re:Paul Alexander, ‘the man in the iron lung’, has died by Teever on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @03:19PM (#39696125)
> Lockdowns were proven to reduce the spread,

I agree 100% that lockdowns reduced the spread of covid-19 significantly and that they did not eliminate it.

> They are 100% full proof specially

I disagree strongly with this statement.

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Re:Paul Alexander, ‘the man in the iron lung’, has died by mattkrause on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @02:05PM (#39695064)
You can't make a half-counterfactual comparison like that because the COVID rate may have been impacted by the lockdown.

Assume, for the sake of argument, that lockdowns worked smashingly well. Then, you'd see a) very few COVID deaths and b) relatively more "side effects". That is exactly what you're using to argue that they didn't work.

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