[ExI] Lockdowns

[Keith Henson]

" Lockdowns and other distancing measures have had resounding success
at thwarting the new coronavirus, according to two independently
conducted studies. One found that stay-at-home orders and policies
that restrict face-to-face contact were especially effective in 11
European countries, reducing transmission by 81%. The combination of
policies aimed at slowing the virus’s spread prevented more than 3
million deaths from the epidemic’s start to early May. Another study
that looked at China, the United States and 4 more countries showed
that across all 6 countries, anti-transmission measures averted
roughly 500 million infections."

>From Nature

I would modify the article.  "Prevented" should be "delayed" and
"averted" should be "temporarily averted" assuming we get neither a
vaccine nor effective treatments.

Keith