I would. Just a bad joke how everything started from there... But here is not like China, I've seen people making apples to apples comparisons how "one side" wants a continuation of the draconian lockdowns while ignoring the political reality of blue states opening up for fear of getting kicked out during elections. We still live in a democracy, thank god. For now, at least
https://nypost.com/2022/04/11/ny-handled-covid-19-lockdown-poorly-florida-among-best-study/ NY, Calif. failed in handling of COVID — but Florida was among best: study By Emily Crane April 11, 2022 9:32am Updated New York, New Jersey and California failed in their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic because of stringent lockdowns and policies, while Florida was among the best-performing states in the country, a new study has found. The study, published by the Committee To Unleash Prosperity, graded states by comparing COVID-19 outcomes based on the number of deaths, the economy and impact on education. Overall, the bottom 10 on the study’s “report card” were dominated by states that had the most severe pandemic lockdowns and were among the last to finally reopen schools. “Shutting down their economies and schools was by far the biggest mistake governors and state officials made during COVID, particularly in blue states,” Stephen Moore, one of the study’s authors and co-founder of the Committee To Unleash Prosperity, said Monday. Despite now-disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo initially being hailed for his strict response to the pandemic, the Empire State performed “poorly on every measure” — ranking 49th overall, according to the study. New Jersey was the worst-performing state, the study found. Other places that also received an F grade included California, Illinois and Washington, DC. “They had high age-adjusted death rates, they had high unemployment and significant GDP losses, and they kept their schools shut down much longer than almost all other states,” the study said. Utah, Nebraska, Vermont and Florida — all governed by Republicans — topped the list. The study found that the states that locked down businesses, churches, schools and restaurants for lengthy periods did not have lower death rates than those that largely remained open. Nursing home policies may explain the poor mortality rates in some states, such as New Jersey and New York, where Cuomo faced backlash for an order that directed nursing homes to take COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, Florida, whose GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis did away with COVID restrictions earlier on in the pandemic, ranked 28th in mortality, the study found. In comparison, heavily locked-down California came in 27th in terms of deaths. Keeping schools closed had no impact on the number of deaths in children or adults, according to the study. “The states that locked down their economies have had unemployment rates on average about two percentage points higher than states that did not engage in severe lockdowns,” the researchers added. “These high state unemployment rates have persisted for two years now. Most lockdown states have still not fully recovered the jobs lost in the early months of COVID.”
it'd behoove you to know a little bit of his background, such as it it. some time in 2018, Moore wrote an op-ed praising Donald Trump, who a year later nominated the quack-economists for Federal Reserve Board. Moore has a long history of against equal pay for women owed over $75,000 in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest to the IRS, according to a tax lien filed in a Maryland court in 2018. made countless false claims and inaccurate characterizations of the economy / the research he supposed had conducted deliberately lied about whether the United States is experiencing deflation or inflation; he’s said the dollar should be tied to the gold standard he’s pushed false statistics and lied repeatedly about a number of issues, including that, in 2018, the US was experiencing deflation within a month of the nomination, after details of his abhorrent past surfaced, Republican senators soured on the prospect of confirming Moore for the Fed. “No, he does not have the votes,” said Sen. Ernst. “He would not have enough votes. Don’t bother sending [the nomination] up. That’s all I gotta say.” shortly after, President Trump announced that his pick for the Federal Reserve Board has withdrawn his name from consideration. A Brief Guide to Stephen Moore’s Abhorrent … Everything
This is the logical escalation point of all you zero covid, lockdown, mask fanatics. And the data shows it has no effect at all, other than being an authoritarian's dystopian wet dream. Florida did it right. California and New York did not. People are voting with their feet and moving to Florida.
No egg here. Typical example of the good old tactic "if you have nothing, attack the messenger". Florida did much better than states with illiberal governments like California and New York. People are voting with their feet and moving from these places towards freedom. You are free to move to Shanghai instead.
@adoo destroyed the message and the messenger. You are just the FOOL reposting the nonsense. Perhaps you lack the skills for performing critical analysis on the news you consume. BTW, Florida's covid track record is complete crap. Funny thing when you don't count the covid cases, covid is no longer a problem.
