https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf

 

From John Hopkins University:

Covid lockdowns worldwide, proven ineffective:

"“lockdowns have had little to no effect on COVID-19 mortality. More

specifically, stringency index studies find that lockdowns in Europe and the United States only

reduced COVID-19 mortality by 0.2% on average. SIPOs were also ineffective, only reducing

COVID-19 mortality by 2.9% on average. Specific NPI studies also find no broad-based evidence

of noticeable effects on COVID-19 mortality.

While this meta-analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects,

they have imposed enormous economic and social costs where they have been adopted. In

consequence, lockdown policies are ill-founded and should be rejected as a pandemic policy

instrument.”