Coronavirus: WHO backflips on virus stance by condemning lockdowns

To be fair to WHO, I don't think they ever advocated lockdowns.

The other thing that puzzles me is that I see some data that suggest lockdowns are not even helping to stop virus from spreading and this doesn't seem to be ever mentioned or discussed. It looks like an important point to me.

I am referring to two serology studies, one in Spain [1], one in Italy [2], both with the same conclusion. Health workers got more infected than the rest of the population, but outside of health workers, same % with covid antibodies between essential workers who were not locked down and people who were locked down.

The shape and timing of infections or covid deaths in Sweden is also almost identical to other European countries, suggesting the peak had more to do with the natural evolution of the virus rather than lockdowns.

[1] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

[2] https://www.istat.it/it/files//2020/08/ReportPrimiRisultatiI...

The impact on poverty is very concerning and we should address it separately, as it is an issue we had pre pandemic and will continue to have for the foreseeable future. Child malnutrition is not tolerable and there should be programs in place to eradicate it.