Audio long read: What scientists have learnt from COVID lockdowns
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🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries introduced strict lockdowns to help prevent spread of the disease. Since then, researchers have been studying the effects of these measures to help inform responses to future crises.
Conclusions suggest that countries that acted swiftly to bring in strict measures did best at preserving lives and their economies, but analysing the competing costs and benefits of lockdowns has been tough, as this work often comes down not to scientific calculations, but value judgements.
This is an audio version of our Feature: What scientists have learnt from COVID lockdowns
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| 1:04.4 | This is an audio long read from nature. |
| 1:07.8 | In this episode, |
| 1:08.8 | what scientists have learnt from COVID lockdowns. |
| 1:12.3 | Written by Deani Lewis and read by me, Benjamin Thompson. |
| 1:19.5 | In March 2021, a doctor in Brazil named Ricardo Savaris, published and now discredited research |
| 1:27.2 | paper that went viral on social media. |
| 1:30.5 | It had been a year since the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic forced governments to apply |
| 1:36.6 | the desperate measures collectively known as lockdowns, canceling sporting and cultural events, |
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