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>>12406557

https://theconversation.com/amp/up-to-204-691-extra-deaths-in-the-us-so-far-in-this-pandemic-year-143139

>>12406570

>You can't prove that it helped, even though that's the claim. We've been locked down now for eight months and continue to see record numbers of cases every day.

I never argued the lockdowns did. Though I will say that because multiple countries did lockdown the jury on it's effectiveness is still out. Some came out well like South Korea, Japan and South Africa while others like U.S., Brazil and U.K. came out more poorly. It's very possible that other factors contribute (or even by itself is responsible) to success of the lock down such as a more healthy/ younger population with the former countries while the latter countries are less healthy/ older populations.

But truthfully while the primary reason for the lockdown was justified to "save lives" the more practical reason was to stagger the spread as much as possible not to overwhelm the healthcare system.