Lockdowns are worse than ineffective. They can often exacerbate health crises.

Take South Africa. COVID-19 isn't the only deadly microbe on the planet, so is TB.

Tuberculosis killed 63K South Africans in 2018, as bad as the U.S.' COVID pandemic, adusted for population.
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Here are data from a study that shows that as lockdowns were implemented in South Africa, TB testing went down, and TB positivity rates went up.đź”»2/4
Here are data from a study that shows that as lockdowns were implemented in South Africa, TB testing went down, and TB positivity rates went up.2/4
Here are data from a study that shows that as lockdowns were implemented in South Africa, TB testing went down, and TB positivity rates went up.2/4
"These unintended consequences will have a negative impact on efforts to control TB which remains the leading infectious disease cause of death in South Africa..."

How many "unintended consequences" can health experts ignore as lockdowns wear on? 3/4
https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impact-of-Covid-19-interventions-on-TB-testing-in-South-Africa-10-May-2020.pdf
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