Corona, False Alarm?: Facts and Figures by Karina Reiss & Sucharit Bhakdi

Author:Karina Reiss & Sucharit Bhakdi
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Non-fiction
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2020-06-22T23:00:00+00:00

So what do we see: countries without lockdown measures did not slide into a catastrophe.

We know that COVID-19 can run a fatal course in elderly patients with underlying conditions. This leads to the next important question.

Were high-risk groups better protected in countries with lockdown?

The simple answer is, No.

Approximately half of the “coronavirus victims” died in care facilities and retirement homes, no matter where you look. In Western countries, these numbers vary from 30% to 60%(202). Countries with relatively drastic lockdowns like Ireland (60%), Norway (60%) or France (51%) have no better figures than Sweden (45%). Nursing homes require specific protection which general lockdown measures can in no way achieve.

A sensible concept for protection of genuinely vulnerable groups compliant with ethical rules and regulations(203) would have solved the problem.

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