The legacy of COVID-19 policies
A conversation with Prof. John Ioannidis Five years ago, so-called containment measures began worldwide due to a coronavirus that was declared new and initially classified as very deadly. General school closures, curfews, lockdowns, assembly bans and even vaccination amndates were decided against the recommendations of existing national pandemic plans. These so-called non-pharmaceutical interventions(NPIs) were intended to slow the spread of the virus and at the same time represented a significant encroachment on the civil liberties of citizens. I take stock of the proportionality and…
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