COVID-19 lockdown – Blessing or disaster?
Despite the dubious results of the nationwide lockdown in India state after state continue to clamp lockdowns indiscriminately and claim that it is a panacea for all their ills. Unverified claims abound and myths are perpetuated without any basis. It is time to take a close look at the hard data and...
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| description | Despite the dubious results of the nationwide lockdown in India state after state continue to clamp lockdowns indiscriminately and claim that it is a panacea for all their ills. Unverified claims abound and myths are perpetuated without any basis. It is time to take a close look at the hard data and come to logical conclusions regarding the utility of prolonged open-ended lockdowns. Unfortunately, the evidence does not support the use of prolonged lockdowns as a useful strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46faad59b9a54e1abe9424587d4f89ab2022-12-21T23:12:28ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndustrial Psychiatry Journal0972-67480976-27952021-01-0130329429610.4103/0972-6748.328834COVID-19 lockdown – Blessing or disaster?Sana DhamijaMadhura SamudraSupriya DavisNishtha GuptaSuprakash ChaudhuryDespite the dubious results of the nationwide lockdown in India state after state continue to clamp lockdowns indiscriminately and claim that it is a panacea for all their ills. Unverified claims abound and myths are perpetuated without any basis. It is time to take a close look at the hard data and come to logical conclusions regarding the utility of prolonged open-ended lockdowns. Unfortunately, the evidence does not support the use of prolonged lockdowns as a useful strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2021;volume=30;issue=3;spage=294;epage=296;aulast=Dhamijacase fatality rateinfection fatality rateinfectious diseasepandemic |
| spellingShingle | Sana Dhamija Madhura Samudra Supriya Davis Nishtha Gupta Suprakash Chaudhury COVID-19 lockdown – Blessing or disaster? Industrial Psychiatry Journal case fatality rate infection fatality rate infectious disease pandemic |
| title | COVID-19 lockdown – Blessing or disaster? |
| title_full | COVID-19 lockdown – Blessing or disaster? |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 lockdown – Blessing or disaster? |
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| title_short | COVID-19 lockdown – Blessing or disaster? |
| title_sort | covid 19 lockdown blessing or disaster |
| topic | case fatality rate infection fatality rate infectious disease pandemic |
| url | http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2021;volume=30;issue=3;spage=294;epage=296;aulast=Dhamija |
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