COVID lockdowns cost jobs, don’t appear to have saved lives

We ve locked down the economy instead of the virus.

Jobs are recovering slower in New York and other states holding on to stringent COVID-19 restrictions than in states that fully reopened their economies, even though continued lockdown measures don t appear to be saving lives, an ongoing study by WalletHub shows.

Measures like limiting travel, keeping restaurants operating below capacity and leaving non-essential businesses closed have kept unemployment in New York State among the highest in the nation, while states with fewer restrictions are seeing jobs bounce back faster from the pandemic-induced recession, the study shows.

Tragically, the data also suggests lockdowns didn t do much to help save lives throughout the pandemic, while it s clear that they sent millions to the unemployment line.

via nypost.com

We were lucky to have 50 states so different approaches to containing what was after all a novel virus could be tried out. Yes, the full range of human folly was also on display.