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Jonathan Sumption: Why governments were wrong to fight Covid-19 with lockdownsPODCAST QA 2910

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COVID-19 Responses and Collateral Costs

This chapter analyzes the responses of New Zealand, the UK, and the US to the COVID-19 pandemic, discussing the potential excessive reactions and collateral costs of lockdown measures. It highlights the misjudgment of targeting the entire population instead of focusing on high-risk groups and explores the difficulty of accurately quantifying infection rates and deaths.

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