According to a new study recession caused due to strict COVID-19 lockdown may kill 1 million more people than coronavirus itself in the next two decades. The study found that over the next 20 years, 1.37 million more people will die than would have died without the unemployment shock the pandemic caused, a number the researchers call “staggering.”
STUDY: Lockdown Recession May Kill 1 Million More People Than COVID-19 Itself In Next Two Decades
Academics from Duke University, Harvard Medical School, and the Johns Hopkins University business school have concluded that there could be around a million excess deaths over the next two decades as a result of strict COVID-19 lockdowns.
The working paper (read full paper below) titled 'The Long-Term Impact Of The Covid-19 Unemployment Shock On life Expectancy And Mortality Rates', suggests that:
“For the overall population, the increase in the death rate following t...