Covid curbs such school closures and stay-at-home orders did more harm than good, major US study finds READ MORE: Two dead and 34 fall sick after listeria outbreak linked to deli meat By Connor Boyd Head Of Health And Science For Dailymail.Com Published: 18:21 BST, 26 July 2024 | Updated: 18:28 BST, 26 July 2024 e-mail View comments Some restrictions designed to limit the spread of Covid caused more harm than good, a major study suggests. The research found shutting schools down had little effect on virus death rates in the US but 'hurt' children's 'educational outcomes.
' Meanwhile, stay-at-home orders, restaurant, bar and gym closures and visitor restrictions in nursing homes did nothing to save lives and caused 'harmful social isolation.' 'The absence of evidence that these [curbs] ..
.reduced pandemic deaths suggests that they may have been too aggressively pursued in some states,' the study said. The analysis did, however, find controversial measures like mask mandates and vaccine passports saved hundreds of thousands of lives across the US.
Shutting schools down had little effect on virus death rates in the US but 'hurt' children's 'educational outcomes' (stock) Excess deaths are fatalities that occurred from 2020 to 2022 that were above baseline. Many of the states where these deaths were highest were Republican-led and in the South It comes weeks after Dr Anthony Fauci , who was instrumental in several of the anti-Covid measures, admitted many were not based on any firm.