Posted on 06/04/2021 1:26:16 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Coronavirus lockdowns had “no direct connection” to falling infection rates in Germany — as transmission was already declining before the restrictions were imposed, new research found.
The research, conducted by statisticians at Ludwig Maximilians Munich University, found that the country’s R rate — or the number of people an infected person passes the virus onto — had already dipped below 1 prior to the national lockdown being imposed last November, according to the Telegraph.
The rate was also decreasing in December and April when the lockdown was tightened, the research found.
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I said this when they announced it.
Got shouted down here by a lotta fearbros
“Well no kidding”
They believed the Joseph Goebbels-style propaganda once again. No wonder we kicked their asses twice.
>> as transmission was already declining before
... the vaccinations too!
Read & weep, vaxholes.
Instead the people stayed home. Their economy tanked 8% (real numbers) in the 2nd quarter last year, same as ours and the worst drop in Scandanavia. Their performance against the virus was the worst in Scandanavia as well, much worse actually.
On the plus side, they didn't screw up their kids by keeping them isolated. That's going to be a big benefit in the long run.
Contrast with Japan: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/japan/ Wave after wave, only stopped with lockdowns. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/tokyo-parts-of-japan-to-enter-third-covid-19-lockdown-with-olympics-just-3-month-away/ar-BB1fZbDk They have very little natural immunity thanks to their police state style tracking of everyone and every contact. They have very poor vaccination rates, around 5%.
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