Study: Lockdowns cost countless jobs, don't appear to have saved lives

NY Post May 02, 2021 

Over the course of the year, states imposed and eased a variety of restrictions in response to the level of virus cases and COVID-19 deaths. Where lockdowns were lifted, unemployment fell, but the restrictions didn't seem to nudge death rates.By March 8, 2021, for example, New Jersey had recorded 2,656 deaths per 1 million residents, while New York had 2,500 per 1 million residents, according to the Covid Tracking Project. South Dakota had 2,149 deaths per 1 million residents, but loose-rules Utah had just 617. The study found little correlation at all between the strictness of lockdown measures and death rates. In WalletHub's latest calculations from early April, 13 states including New York, New Jersey and California plus Washington D.C., still had tight restrictions in place, but were also seeing relatively high death rates..................To Read More.....