Side-effects of public health policies against Covid-19: the story of an over-reaction

Lansiaux, Edouard; Tchagaspanian, Noé; Arnaud, Juliette; Durand, Pierre; Changizi, Mark; Forget, Joachim

doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.13660910.v3

Side-effects of public health policies against Covid-19: the story of an over-reaction

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posted on 2021-06-06, 09:55 authored by Edouard LansiauxEdouard Lansiaux, Noé Tchagaspanian, Juliette Arnaud, Pierre Durand, Mark Changizi, Joachim Forget

This opinion paper reports on the responses of governments worldwide to the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing some of the many direct and indirect side effects of the non-pharmaceutical interventions, side effects that have received insufficient attention in the public debate. The goal is to serve as an alert concerning many new global health concerns that interventions such as lockdowns and generalized mask usage may have created.

Published here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.696818/full