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. 2021 Jun 12;397(10291):2234-2236.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00978-8. Epub 2021 Apr 28.

SARS-CoV-2 elimination, not mitigation, creates best outcomes for health, the economy, and civil liberties

Miquel Oliu-Barton  1 , Bary S R Pradelski  2 , Philippe Aghion  3 , Patrick Artus  4 , Ilona Kickbusch  5 , Jeffrey V Lazarus  6 , Devi Sridhar  7 , Samantha Vanderslott  8
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SARS-CoV-2 elimination, not mitigation, creates best outcomes for health, the economy, and civil liberties

Miquel Oliu-Barton et al. Lancet. .
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COVID-19 deaths, GDP growth, and strictness of lockdown measures for OECD countries choosing SARS-CoV-2 elimination versus mitigation OECD countries opting for elimination are Australia, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea. OECD countries opting for mitigation are Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, and the USA. Data on strictness of lockdown measures are from Oxford COVID-19 government response tracker. Data on COVID-19 deaths are from Our World in Data. Data on GDP growth are from OECD Weekly Tracker of economic activity. GDP=gross domestic product. OECD=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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