30 July 2020

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UN officials pointed to a study published in The Lancet that notes “physical distancing, school closures, trade restrictions, and country lockdowns” are worsening global child malnutrition.

The study estimates that an extra 6.7 million children will be at risk, and that lockdowns and other coronavirus responses could lead to more than 10,000 additional child deaths every month.

The study dovetails with other research that has concluded lockdowns will conservatively “destroy at least seven times more years of human life” than they save.
Meanwhile, in other "lockdown" news...
"The U.S. economy shrank in the second quarter by the fastest rate since the government began keeping track of gross domestic product after World War II."