Study describes Covid measures as effective
The headline to this CTV piece says Montreal study describes COVID-19 health measures as ‘generally effective’ but it’s worth noting that the researchers are a business professor and his protégé, not medical people. CBC also has a look at the study, underlining how the researchers were hoping to counter misinformation from social media.
The researchers looked at the non-medical actions people were taking in the year before a vaccine was available – masks, social distancing, school and business closures and limits on travel – and concluded that, statistically, they helped reduce the number of Covid cases, not just here but worldwide.
…Looking again at pieces about this study, I wonder what they used for a control sample.
qatzelok 13:39 on 2024-01-21 Permalink
There’s no business like Covid business?
Kate 18:25 on 2024-01-21 Permalink
To be fair, chances are these two guys have as good a handle on statistical methods as anyone.
Also, the consequences of a pandemic are an economic concern as well as a social and medical one.
H. John 22:59 on 2024-01-21 Permalink
‘It’s the apathy that’s the concern’ A comment from one of the experts in this article:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-21/covid-safe-strategies-australian-scientists-virus-infection/103335466
MarcG 15:17 on 2024-01-22 Permalink
I think that the next part of the quote is important so that we know where to point the blame: “I think it’s the apathy that’s the concern. And I think it’s coming top-down, it’s coming very much from the government.”