I lived between Barcelona and London through the lockdowns.
As far as I can tell, current studies indicate that in all likelihood only the first lockdown in the UK may have been "worth it" (and even then, it should have happened earlier and not lasted nearly as long as it did)
Similar sources like the ones who advocated that covid affected mostly the elderly so 'it was okay'. ~200 years of capitalism fostered institutions that propagate its interests. 'The literature' that opposed lockdowns came from mainly Angloamerica. Not even France, Germany or Greece. Not China. Not Korea. Not India.
And with Angloamerica, we mean the US and the UK, really. The others arent even second bananas in the affair. These two countries where deregulated capitalism rides on the stock market, any disruption to the economy is less desirable than the lives of people. Worse, this mentality is normalized. Only in such an environment prominent figures could come up saying 'Covid affects the elderly so its ok'. In any other country on the planet someone saying this would be socially and politically castrated. Not in the US or the UK.
Quarantines were and are always worth it during epidemics and pandemics. Asia had been using them for decades to combat many lesser epidemics until covid. This 'quarantines are not worth it' is a nonsense that has originated from the financial establishment in the Anglosphere only because it was detrimental to stock prices. For no other reason. From the same place comes 'masks dont work' and 'covid is just a flu'.
One must remember that even 'neutral' science has problems with funding bias in an ideal setting...
...whereas private think tanks in Anglosphere literally produce whatever 'research' to support whatever view you want for the right price. Really, at this point the Anglosphere and its institutions cannot be taken as references for anything with their ultra sold-out, principle-free state...
And with Angloamerica, we mean the US and the UK, really. The others arent even second bananas in the affair. These two countries where deregulated capitalism rides on the stock market, any disruption to the economy is less desirable than the lives of people. Worse, this mentality is normalized. Only in such an environment prominent figures could come up saying 'Covid affects the elderly so its ok'. In any other country on the planet someone saying this would be socially and politically castrated. Not in the US or the UK.
Quarantines were and are always worth it during epidemics and pandemics. Asia had been using them for decades to combat many lesser epidemics until covid. This 'quarantines are not worth it' is a nonsense that has originated from the financial establishment in the Anglosphere only because it was detrimental to stock prices. For no other reason. From the same place comes 'masks dont work' and 'covid is just a flu'.
One must remember that even 'neutral' science has problems with funding bias in an ideal setting...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funding_bias
...whereas private think tanks in Anglosphere literally produce whatever 'research' to support whatever view you want for the right price. Really, at this point the Anglosphere and its institutions cannot be taken as references for anything with their ultra sold-out, principle-free state...