I posted this days ago, and nobody has come forward with any credible sources showing healthy people being "locked down" en masse throughout history. I'd have thought it was plenty of time to be proven wrong.
You would look a lot less silly if you just said this …
“Actually you’re right, I can’t find any examples where healthy people were confined to their homes en masse throughout history, but I believe they helped with the COVID 19 pandemic”
Simple as that l, but maybe you’re too proud to do so?
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Both preventative and emergency lockdowns can be adopted for similar goals. They may be use for security purposes to reduce the number of people on the street to allow police to conduct rescue missions after natural disasters. They may be used in public health emergencies, such as Ebola and COVID-19, to prevent air-borne diseases from spreading and they may be used as counterinsurgency measures to prevent local populations mixing with insurgents so that governments can conduct military missions against the insurgents.[3] They may also be used in police emergencies, as in school shootings or hostage situations.
In epidemics and pandemics
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Police conversing with people during a lockdown in Benidorm, Spain
Main article: Stay-at-home order
See also: Pandemic prevention § Testing and containment
Lockdowns can limit movements or activities in a community while allowing most organizations to function normally, or limit movements or activities such that only organizations supplying basic needs and services can function normally.[4]
2009 swine flu pandemic
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A lockdown was implemented in Mexico from April 30 to May 5, 2009 in response to the 2009 swine flu pandemic.[5]
COVID-19 pandemic
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Main article: COVID-19 lockdowns
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the term lockdown was used for actions related to mass quarantines or stay-at-home orders.[6] The first lockdown during the pandemic was implemented in Wuhan on January 23, 2020.[7] By early April 2020, 3.9 billion people worldwide were under some form of lockdown—more than half the world's population.[8][9] By late April, around 300 million people were under lockdown in European countries, while around 200 million people were under lockdown in Latin America.[10] Nearly 300 million people, or about 90 per cent of the population, were under some form of lockdown in the United States,[11] and 1.3 billion people have been under lockdown in India.[12]
The lockdown in the Philippines started on 14 March 2020 and is one of the longest and strictest lockdowns with varying levels of community quarantine being imposed on all major islands and cities.[13][14] Similarly the lockdown in South Africa started on 27 March 2020[15] and progressed through various levels. It is also one of the strictest lockdowns in the world with cigarettes and alcohol banned throughout.[16]