Tue May 30, 2023 – 5:24 pm EDTTue May 30, 2023 – 5:26 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The “substantial and wide-ranging collateral damage” of COVID-19 lockdowns around the world exceeded any benefit they may have had, according to a new review of the existing literature out of the University of Washington.
The review, undertaken by applied medical anthropologist Dr. Kevin Bardosh and funded by the English charity Collateral Global, “synthesizes 600 publications with a focus on meta-analyses, systematic reviews, global reports and multi-country studies” for their findings in ten specific categories of harm: “health, economy, income, food security, education, lifestyle, intimate relationships, community, environment and governance.”
It found “substantial” and “wide-ranging” collateral damage that “will leave behind a legacy of harm for hundreds of millions of people in the years ahead,” including increased “non-Covid excess mortality, mental health deterioration, child abuse and domestic violence, widening global inequality, food insecurity, lost educational opportunities, unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, social polarization, soaring debt, democratic backsliding and declining human rights.”
Most significantly, the review finds it “likely that many Covid policies caused more harm than benefit, although further research is needed to address knowledge gaps and explore policy trade-offs, especially at
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