This should surprise nobody who actually was willing to listen to all sides of the lockdown debate. It might be an “unintentional consequence,” but it wasn’t unpredictable.
"1.37M more people will die than would have died without the unemployment shock the pandemic caused…excess deaths will disproportionately affect African-Americans."
The pandemic didn't cause it. These lockdowns caused it, and will lead to more deaths.https://t.co/UpTTIxmLgU
— Spike Cohen (@RealSpikeCohen) January 29, 2021
And they confirmed it again just a few days ago.
This is common sense. Telling everyone "stay inside until further notice!" isn't a serious proposal to stop or slow a pandemic. It just ruins countless lives, while crony billionaires live large off of us.https://t.co/RmvxbKdJdR
— Spike Cohen (@RealSpikeCohen) January 29, 2021
But, we all suffer from confirmation bias.