Sunday, April 19, 2020
‘The shutdown is blighting billions of lives’
Much of the world is now living under lockdown as states attempt to stem the spread of Covid-19. But is this response justified? Heather Mac Donald, New York Times bestselling author and Thomas W Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute, argues that our fearful response to the disease – the total shutdown of societies – is more dangerous than the disease itself. She joined spiked editor Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. What follows is an edited extract. Listen to the full conversation here.
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If the global lock-down was truly justified, the msm would not work so hard with weasel wording and excuse making for the numbers not adding up.
Locally, here in upstate NY for instance, in this morning's e-version of the Poughkeepsie Journal email teaser/featured headline:
Dutchess County is seeing a decrease in its rate of confirmed cases of coronavirus even as testing has increased, and its number of hospitalized patients has stabilized.
However, a delay in receiving test results has kept the numbers from painting a complete picture of the county’s success combating the illness, county officials say, and County Executive Marc Molinaro said the region has yet to reach its plateau for cases.
It’s also unclear how many residents have died as the result of the virus, with a wide gap between county and state totals.
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