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… The verdict on lockdowns: high costs, minimal benefits | Washington Examiner.

Overall, the three economists conclude, “excluding the geographically unusual cases of Hawaii and Alaska ... there is no apparent relationship between reduced economic activity during the pandemic and our composite mortality measure.” The disease, easily transmissible and often asymptomatic, spread mostly regardless of restrictions, killing many, three-quarters of them over age 65, before vaccination became near-universal — and fewer afterward.