The peer-reviewed study was conducted by a group of Stanford researchers and ultimately published on January 5th.
The study “compared cases in England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the U.S. – all countries that implemented mandatory lockdown orders and business closures – to South Korea and Sweden, which implemented less severe, voluntary responses. It aimed to analyze the effect that less restrictive or more restrictive measures had on changing individual behavior and curbing the transmission of the virus,” a summary noted.
Following that model, the study concluded that there is “no clear, significant beneficial effect of [more restrictive measures] on case growth in any country.”
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The study “compared cases in England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the U.S. – all countries that implemented mandatory lockdown orders and business closures – to South Korea and Sweden, which implemented less severe, voluntary responses. It aimed to analyze the effect that less restrictive or more restrictive measures had on changing individual behavior and curbing the transmission of the virus,” a summary noted.
Following that model, the study concluded that there is “no clear, significant beneficial effect of [more restrictive measures] on case growth in any country.”

COVID Lockdowns Had No Advantage Over Other Voluntary Measure, International Study Finds - The National Pulse
The peer-reviewed study was conducted by a group of Stanford researchers and ultimately published on January 5th.
