A professor at the University of Oxford spoke out this week to say that coronavirus lockdowns might have been a bad idea, and that the world may have been better off not doing anything about COVID-19.
Sunetra Gupta, a professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford, told UnHerd that the virus is already on its way out of the United Kingdom, adding that the real infection rate is likely really low.
She went on to say that she is against lockdowns, pointing out that the COVID-19 outbreak has been pretty much the same in every country, even though they all have different lockdown restrictions.
"In almost every context we've seen the epidemic grow, turn around and die away - almost like clockwork," Gupta explained.
"Different countries have had different lockdown policies, and yet what we've observed is almost a uniform pattern of behavior which is highly consistent with the SIR model. To me that suggests that much of the driving force here was due to the build-up of immunity. I think that's a more parsimonious explanation than one which requires in every country for lockdown to have had the same effect."
"I think there's a chance we might have done better by doing nothing at all," Gupta said.
It's becoming increasingly clear that these coronavirus lockdowns may have gone way too far.
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/oxford-epidemiologist-slams-coronavirus-lockdowns-we-might-have-done-better-by-doing-nothing-at-all/
Sunetra Gupta, a professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford, told UnHerd that the virus is already on its way out of the United Kingdom, adding that the real infection rate is likely really low.
She went on to say that she is against lockdowns, pointing out that the COVID-19 outbreak has been pretty much the same in every country, even though they all have different lockdown restrictions.
"In almost every context we've seen the epidemic grow, turn around and die away - almost like clockwork," Gupta explained.
"Different countries have had different lockdown policies, and yet what we've observed is almost a uniform pattern of behavior which is highly consistent with the SIR model. To me that suggests that much of the driving force here was due to the build-up of immunity. I think that's a more parsimonious explanation than one which requires in every country for lockdown to have had the same effect."
"I think there's a chance we might have done better by doing nothing at all," Gupta said.
It's becoming increasingly clear that these coronavirus lockdowns may have gone way too far.
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/oxford-epidemiologist-slams-coronavirus-lockdowns-we-might-have-done-better-by-doing-nothing-at-all/
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