Little difference in Covid deaths in lockdown states versus free states.
Huge difference in economic damage.
Little difference in Covid deaths in lockdown states versus free states.
Huge difference in economic damage.
If there is one chart the sums up the effectiveness of mask mandates, lockdowns and other restrictive measures, it is this one. Lockdowns may give you the illusion of DOING SOMETHING (and they clearly give government control over your life), but they do NOTHING to change the course of a virus.
The states that locked down their economics, obviously had the worst economic performance, but those costs are not even offset by lower mortality rates. NY, NJ, MI, IL and PA had way above average excess death rates. One might have been tempted to cut these governor some slack a year ago, but this has been quite evident for some time. They simply do not want to admit how wrong they were -- and continue to be.