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A New BMJ paper suggests aggressive containment of covid-19 is less successful as a moderated approach.

A new BMJ paper suggests aggressive containment of covid-19 is less successful as a moderated approach. A number of Asian countries have reduced covid-19 infections with aggressive containment approaches such as total lockdowns.   While this was done here for a short period of time, broadly affecting the economy and our health, infections increased when those economies reopened as they did here. The study shows those bounce-back infections were much worse with total lockdowns.   We have even seen that here in the US. Our immune systems require constant training and exposure to different things in our environment to function effectively.   Lockdowns Read More »