EU does not know effectiveness of lockdowns, tracing and vaccination strategies

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3 points·charbonneau2··4 comments

Moritz Körner, member of the European Parliament, asked on September 15th [1]:

> The Commission has invested a large amount of its resources into fighting the COVID-19 crisis. It was involved in the debates on, among other issues, keeping borders open, purchasing vaccines and developing common standards for COVID-19 tracking apps, all of which were supported by EU funds. Looking back at 18 months of dealing with the crisis, what conclusions does the Commission draw in the following areas based on the developments so far:

> 1. Which national strategy concerning maintaining personal freedom vs introducing local and national lockdowns is the most effective and why?

> 2. Which COVID-19 tracking app is the most effective and why?

> 3. Which national vaccination strategy is the most effective and why?

The answer was published by Stella Kyriakides, the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, on October 29th.

[1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2021-00424...

I'd be much more suspect of any answer that claimed to have a clear answer for any of these.

From my perspective, it's not about having clear answers, but showing an honest and transparent interest in reducing the uncertainties around those measures (for example, by showing existing/ongoing studies), after almost 20 months.

This is an extremely refreshing take to admit that. Politics has to move in that direction for public communication instead of trying to soothe people with lies. Because the latter will be caught by our information infrastructure.

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