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Countries with stricter lockdowns had worse economic outcomes.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that countries with stricter lockdowns had worse economic outcomes?

Unclear. The placed sources only partially support the claim: one six-country study notes Sweden's looser lockdown had a less severe GDP shock, a modeling paper finds stricter rules would have reduced greenspace welfare, and two papers assert stricter measures carried economic or quality-of-life costs. None directly compares lockdown strictness against economic outcomes across many countries.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 4 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 4
Multi-dimensional resilience: A quantitative exploration of disease outcomes and economic, political, and social resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic in six countries
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Multi-dimensional resilience: A quantitative exploration of disease outcomes and economic, political, and social resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic in six countries. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279894

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The Value of Greenspace Under Pandemic Lockdown
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The Value of Greenspace Under Pandemic Lockdown. (n.d.). link.springer.com. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10640-020-00489-y.pdf

The Covid-19 Lockdown “Natural Experiment” That Has Already Been Conducted
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The Covid-19 Lockdown “Natural Experiment” That Has Already Been Conducted. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/jzhe2

Effects of telework on anxiety and depression across the United States during the covid-19 crisis
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Effects of telework on anxiety and depression across the United States during the covid-19 crisis. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280156

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