More than a year has passed since the inhumane lockdowns - "the single worst public health mistake" as Jay Bhattacharya calls it - was implemented.

Mega thread on the impact of lockdowns globally as well as in India.

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https://qz.com/india/1985855/more-poverty-smaller-middle-class-in-india-china-in-pandemic/
India">https://qz.com/india/198... added 75 million people to poverty, accounting for 60% of the rise in poor populations globally.

India was projected to have a middle-class population of 99 million by 2020. By Pew’s estimates, that number now stands at 66 million, cut by a third.
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/150-million-additional-children-plunged-poverty-due-covid-19-unicef-save-children
“COVID-19">https://www.unicef.org/press-rel... and the lockdown measures imposed to prevent its spread have pushed millions of children deeper into poverty”

The number of children living in multidimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion
Astonishing data from http://endlockdowns.org"> http://endlockdowns.org 

580
MILLION
Pulled into extreme poverty

130
MILLION
Facing Starvation

25%
POPULATION
Mental health crisis

$3.7
TRILLION
In lost wages in 2020 for workers while billionaires have become $3.9 trillion richer. https://endlockdowns.org/ ">https://endlockdowns.org/">...
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Most of us would be unaware of this data
"The proportional mortality due to COVID-19 varied from a maximum of 26.8% in Peru – to a minimum of 1.3% in India. That is, India’s 41,500 deaths due to COVID-19 is only 1% of the total number of expected deaths by all causes in 5 months"
"Our data shows that at least 989 deaths were directly attributable to the lockdown. These numbers are a gross underestimate because media reports are not a comprehensive representation of the overall death toll." https://thewire.in/rights/india-coronavirus-lockdown-deaths-inequality">https://thewire.in/rights/in...
Let& #39;s compare 2 states of the United States to measure the effectiveness of lockdown.
Florida that remained open vs California that imposed a severe lockdown. Data is clear. Lockdowns do not work.
Even in India, the cases began to fall after mid-September much after Unlock 4.0 was announced & it kept falling more and more at the same time when we were returning to the pre-lockdown level of freedom, until March 2021.
Again no correlation with lockdowns.
To sum it up, lockdowns were a crime against humanity. It wrecked entire civilizations and economies. The long-term consequences of lockdowns far outweigh its any supposed benefits.
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