The Hallett Inquiry: Did the costs of lockdown outweigh the benefits?

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Dec 13, 2023

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Karol Sikora drew our attention to this exchange between the Prime Minister and Mr Hugo Keith KC over whether the lockdown caused more harm than good.

Sunak was drawing attention to a particular type of economic analysis called cost-benefit analysis (CBA) performed by academics from Imperial and Manchester.

“But also I think -- analysis has been done su…

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