Commentary Today, two years after COVID-19 first hit these shores from China, most studies confirm that the heavy-handed government lockdowns of businesses, restaurants, schools, churches, and parks did more harm than good to our health and well-being. States and countries with strict and prolonged lockdown and stay-at-home orders had slightly better health outcomes, but they ruined their economies and had highly adverse effects on children. If any good comes out of COVID-19, it should be that we’ve learned this lesson the hard way, and never, never again should we allow politicians to impose these unconstitutional lockdown orders again. Now we have evidence of more collateral damage from lockdowns, and perhaps this will persuade even those on the far left who generally support the heavy hand of government. Shutting down the economy hurt the poor the most and vastly widened the chasm between rich and poor. Lockdowns squashed small startup businesses, …
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