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FULL THREAD on why #LockdownsKill
Covid is *REAL* but lockdowns kill more equivalent lives than the virus:
Here’s how:
1) https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1343506871257346049
Covid is *REAL* but lockdowns kill more equivalent lives than the virus:
Here’s how:
1) https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1343506871257346049
2)
As of 27 Dec 2020 “only” 388 people (every death is too many) under 60 with no pre-existing conditions died of Covid.
Whereas (see next tweet for equivalent death impact of lockdowns) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9090847/amp/Only-377-people-aged-60-no-underlying-health-conditions-died-Covid-UK.html
As of 27 Dec 2020 “only” 388 people (every death is too many) under 60 with no pre-existing conditions died of Covid.
Whereas (see next tweet for equivalent death impact of lockdowns) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9090847/amp/Only-377-people-aged-60-no-underlying-health-conditions-died-Covid-UK.html
3)
“average lives lost comes to 560,000..greater than the UK's military & civilian losses in the 2nd World War... (Covid deaths are) less than 10% of the [equivalent] loss of life by..prolonged lockdown”
Prof. Philip Thomas of Bristol University: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8925425/Lockdown-claim-equivalent-560-000-lives-health-impact-recession-cause.html
“average lives lost comes to 560,000..greater than the UK's military & civilian losses in the 2nd World War... (Covid deaths are) less than 10% of the [equivalent] loss of life by..prolonged lockdown”
Prof. Philip Thomas of Bristol University: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8925425/Lockdown-claim-equivalent-560-000-lives-health-impact-recession-cause.html
4)
“Dr. Ari Joffe is a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at the Stollery Children’s Hospital... Clinical Professor in the Dep. of Pediatrics at Uni. of Alberta.. finds the harms of lockdowns are 10 TIMES GREATER than their benefits” https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/canadian-experts-research-finds-lockdown-harms-are-10-times-greater-than-benefits
“Dr. Ari Joffe is a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at the Stollery Children’s Hospital... Clinical Professor in the Dep. of Pediatrics at Uni. of Alberta.. finds the harms of lockdowns are 10 TIMES GREATER than their benefits” https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/canadian-experts-research-finds-lockdown-harms-are-10-times-greater-than-benefits
5)
“A (Stanford) study evaluating COVID-19 responses around the world found that mandatory lockdown orders early in the pandemic *may not provide significantly more benefits* to slowing the spread of the disease than other voluntary measures” https://www.newsweek.com/covid-lockdowns-have-no-clear-benefit-vs-other-voluntary-measures-international-study-shows-1561656?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1610642799
“A (Stanford) study evaluating COVID-19 responses around the world found that mandatory lockdown orders early in the pandemic *may not provide significantly more benefits* to slowing the spread of the disease than other voluntary measures” https://www.newsweek.com/covid-lockdowns-have-no-clear-benefit-vs-other-voluntary-measures-international-study-shows-1561656?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1610642799
6)
A UK study found a 1,493% rise in the incidence of abusive head trauma among children over the course of the COVID-19 crisis. https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/30/archdischild-2020-319872
A UK study found a 1,493% rise in the incidence of abusive head trauma among children over the course of the COVID-19 crisis. https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/30/archdischild-2020-319872
7)
Nearly 5% of the UK population went hungry during the first 3 weeks of lockdown.
Imagine now, nearly a year later: https://www.ft.com/content/e5061be6-2978-4c0b-aa68-f372a2526826
Nearly 5% of the UK population went hungry during the first 3 weeks of lockdown.
Imagine now, nearly a year later: https://www.ft.com/content/e5061be6-2978-4c0b-aa68-f372a2526826
8)
In Ireland, reports of rape and child sex abuse nearly doubled https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/covid-19-reports-of-rape-and-child-sex-abuse-rise-sharply-during-pandemic-1.4308307
In Ireland, reports of rape and child sex abuse nearly doubled https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/covid-19-reports-of-rape-and-child-sex-abuse-rise-sharply-during-pandemic-1.4308307
So why do lockdowns appear to work?
9) When Wales locked down, cases continued to rise
According to NHS England data, cases were dropping *before* we went into our November lockdown
So are we committing the *basic error* of mixing *correlation* with causation? https://twitter.com/profnfenton/status/1340032960284794881
9) When Wales locked down, cases continued to rise
According to NHS England data, cases were dropping *before* we went into our November lockdown
So are we committing the *basic error* of mixing *correlation* with causation? https://twitter.com/profnfenton/status/1340032960284794881
10)
But globally, lockdowns are stockpiling serious problems:
“UN warns economic downturn could kill hundreds of thousands of children...” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-un-idUSKBN21Y2X7
But globally, lockdowns are stockpiling serious problems:
“UN warns economic downturn could kill hundreds of thousands of children...” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-un-idUSKBN21Y2X7
11)
UN warns of a “famine of biblical proportions” with 265 million people “literally marching to the brink of starvation” https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/21/coronavirus-pandemic-will-cause-famine-of-biblical-proportions
UN warns of a “famine of biblical proportions” with 265 million people “literally marching to the brink of starvation” https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/21/coronavirus-pandemic-will-cause-famine-of-biblical-proportions
12)
The UN estimated that the crisis had “pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty—deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water” https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072602
The UN estimated that the crisis had “pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty—deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water” https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072602
13)
“Malaria will kill more people in sub-Saharan Africa this year than Covid-19 because of lockdowns..Young children..account for..estimate of 100,000 excess deaths from the preventable disease...A child dies of malaria every 2 minutes” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/malaria-a-bigger-killer-than-coronavirus-in-sub-saharan-africa-gxtvn5bv5
“Malaria will kill more people in sub-Saharan Africa this year than Covid-19 because of lockdowns..Young children..account for..estimate of 100,000 excess deaths from the preventable disease...A child dies of malaria every 2 minutes” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/malaria-a-bigger-killer-than-coronavirus-in-sub-saharan-africa-gxtvn5bv5
So how has this been allowed? Are we inadvertently harming ourselves through wholesale adoption of hostile state propaganda?
14) https://twitter.com/maajidnawaz/status/1348377433934880770
14) https://twitter.com/maajidnawaz/status/1348377433934880770
15)
A decent summary of our Open Letter to Security Services about China’s global pro-lockdown campaign
In @OpIndia_com http://www.opindia.com/2021/01/coronavirus-lockdowns-promoted-by-china-to-cripple-world-economy-us-uk-spies-urged-investigate/
A decent summary of our Open Letter to Security Services about China’s global pro-lockdown campaign
In @OpIndia_com http://www.opindia.com/2021/01/coronavirus-lockdowns-promoted-by-china-to-cripple-world-economy-us-uk-spies-urged-investigate/
So what’s the alternative?
17)
“An international group of scientists have signed an open letter supported by 44,000 members of the general public calling for lockdown to be ended in favour of a herd immunity strategy”
#Covid19 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lift-coronavirus-curbs-and-go-for-herd-immunity-urges-coalition-of-scientists-3599v25n3
17)
“An international group of scientists have signed an open letter supported by 44,000 members of the general public calling for lockdown to be ended in favour of a herd immunity strategy”
#Covid19 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lift-coronavirus-curbs-and-go-for-herd-immunity-urges-coalition-of-scientists-3599v25n3
18)
“(Swiss) campaigners handed in a petition with 86,000 signatures on Wednesday, well above the 50,000 required to trigger a nationwide vote under the country's system of direct democracy” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9151963/Switzerland-hold-referendum-strip-government-lockdown-powers.html
“(Swiss) campaigners handed in a petition with 86,000 signatures on Wednesday, well above the 50,000 required to trigger a nationwide vote under the country's system of direct democracy” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9151963/Switzerland-hold-referendum-strip-government-lockdown-powers.html
20)
A national lockdown costs UK £2.4b a day ( https://citywire.co.uk/funds-insider/news/monday-papers-lockdown-to-cost-uk-2-4bn-a-day/a1344005)
x 30 days = £72b *a month*
Instead use the savings for:
1) testing
2) shielding
3) NHS capacity
4) PPE
5) R&D in medicine
A 6.4% drop in GDP causes more death than Covid ( https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/economic-crash-could-cost-more-lives-than-coronavirus-study-warns-nxrn3bzbs)
A national lockdown costs UK £2.4b a day ( https://citywire.co.uk/funds-insider/news/monday-papers-lockdown-to-cost-uk-2-4bn-a-day/a1344005)
x 30 days = £72b *a month*
Instead use the savings for:
1) testing
2) shielding
3) NHS capacity
4) PPE
5) R&D in medicine
A 6.4% drop in GDP causes more death than Covid ( https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/economic-crash-could-cost-more-lives-than-coronavirus-study-warns-nxrn3bzbs)
Has this gone too far for you yet?
Good people of Britain - who have never succumbed to fascism - ask yourselves: where are your red lines, and have they been crossed yet? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9157971/Covid-Germany-hold-people-refuse-quarantine-detention-centres.html
Good people of Britain - who have never succumbed to fascism - ask yourselves: where are your red lines, and have they been crossed yet? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9157971/Covid-Germany-hold-people-refuse-quarantine-detention-centres.html
Mine is a utilitarian perspective asserting that *every life is equal* (as I explicitly say in the first video)
Lockdown skeptics do *not* need to place value on life. My line is that lockdown *kills more equal lives* than not locking down.
This is *pro-life* argument. Focus.
Lockdown skeptics do *not* need to place value on life. My line is that lockdown *kills more equal lives* than not locking down.
This is *pro-life* argument. Focus.
