Is the cure really worse than the disease? The health impacts of lockdowns during COVID-19

G Meyerowitz-Katz, S Bhatt, O Ratmann, JM Brauner… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
The claims often include the idea that the benefits of lockdowns on infection control may be
outweighed by the negative impacts on the economy, social structure, education and mental …

Should governments continue lockdown to slow the spread of covid-19?

ER Melnick, JPA Ioannidis - BMJ, 2020 - bmj.com
Until we have a meaningful alternative, lockdown is the only thing we can do to prevent
further catastrophic spread of the virus, says Edward R Melnick. But John PA Ioannidis …

Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

N Haider, AY Osman, A Gadzekpo, GO Akipede… - BMJ Global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-
19. However, the term 'lockdown'is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO's reference to 'so-called …

Covid-19: collateral damage of lockdown in India

B Dore - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
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Covid-19: Is a second wave hitting Europe?

MK Looi - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
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“Stay at Home, Protect the National Health Service, Save Lives”: A cost benefit analysis of the lockdown in the United Kingdom

DK Miles, M Stedman, AH Heald - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic has transformed lives across the world. In the UK, a
public health driven policy of population “lockdown” has had enormous personal and …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening the basics: public health responses to prevent the next pandemic

V Haldane, AS Jung, C De Foo, M Bonk, M Jamieson… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
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The health impacts of a 4-month long community-wide COVID-19 lockdown: Findings from a prospective longitudinal study in the state of Victoria, Australia

D Griffiths, L Sheehan, D Petrie, C van Vreden… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To determine health impacts during, and following, an extended community
lockdown and COVID-19 outbreak in the Australian state of Victoria, compared with the rest …

[HTML][HTML] COVID19: the need for public health in a time of emergency

A Lee, J Morling - Public health, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID19) a pandemic. Three months on from when China first alerted the world to …

Should countries aim for elimination in the covid-19 pandemic?

A Lee, S Thornley, AJ Morris, G Sundborn - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Elimination is possible and is the only way to prevent the biggest loss of life and economic
harm in the long run, says Andrew Lee. But Simon Thornley, Arthur J Morris, and Gerhard …