Interesting.

Covid lockdowns were no more effective at reducing infections than letting people adapt their own behaviour, a major Oxford University-baked study suggests.

 

A team of international researchers created a model that estimates Covid death and unemployment rates in response to different pandemic policies.

 

Results suggest that imposing shutdowns — that forced people to stay home and closed essential shops — squashed fatality rates from the virus.

 

However, leaving people to adapt their own behaviour — such as by socialising less to avoid becoming infected, an approach used in Sweden — was just as effective.