A new study concluded that mandatory lockdowns imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus did not provide more benefits than voluntary measures such as social distancing.
The peer-reviewed study, conducted by Stanford University researchers, analyzed the coronavirus case growth in 10 countries in early 2020 and showed there was “no clear, significant beneficial effect of [more restrictive measures] on case growth in any country,” according to Newsweek.
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