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Lockdowns hit Pacific islands as COVID-19 defences falter
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Lockdowns in Samoa and the Solomon Islands were extended Tuesday as COVID-19 outbreaks worsened in remote Pacific island nations that have previously held the pandemic at bay. Pacific nations, many just dots in the vast ocean, successfully used their isolation as a buffer to the pandemic when they closed their borders…
Lockdowns during early pandemic saved lives, but not a go-to strategy moving forward: study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused a $2.3 trillion economic downturn and split the nation politically, and now some European nations are locking down again as Omicron surges through the global population. But do these drastic measures save lives? Are they worth massive job and income losses? A new University…