"Also pouring in are the devastating data on the consequences of lockdown. The economic costs are stupefying, beyond anything we imagined we would ever see. The cultural costs are too, with arts and music devastated, along with the industries that support them. The most interesting and possibly counterintuitive costs are related to public health itself: the missed cancer screenings, the missed appointments, the prevalence of suicide ideation, the record drug overdoses, the alcoholism, the mental and emotional despair. As for settled matters of human rights – the freedom to speak, travel, worship, learn, trade – they are suddenly all in question.
It’s true that parts of the world are entirely open, and thank
goodness for them. These places are experiencing no worse outcomes, and
often much better outcomes, from the severe aspects of this disease than
those who are still experimenting with rolling lockdowns. Indeed, in
the last year, the American Institute for Economic Research has
thoroughly documented 31 detailed studies of the empirical relationship
between lockdowns and disease mitigation and found zero correlation and
hence no causal relationship. More evidence pours in by the day: this is
a normal virus, with natural immunity, with distinct characteristics
that should be mitigated by medical professionals one person at a time –
not managed by politicians and their advisors with agendas that have
nothing to do with public health." Jeffrey Tucker
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