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by colechristensen 589 days ago
Democrats insisted on COVID restrictions that were more like religion than science and then they just stopped and everyone was fine. The medical outcomes good and bad still happened, some of them just delayed.

The length and intensity of the restrictions were unnecessary, and the economic consequences of giving away trillions of dollars during them are why we’re in this economic situation.

What would have changed if the restrictions were 6 or 12 months shorter? Nothing.
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rpenm 589 days ago
Not true, restrictive states had significantly lower mortality. Mask mandates being the most significant factor. The largest gaps in mortality occur in the latter half of 2020 and the latter half of 2021, during Delta.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...

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throwaway4220 589 days ago
This ended up being true but is easy to say retrospectively though! I was in (irrationally) mortal fear everyday.

Maybe if Democrats just played the republican card and refused to sign stimulus package just out of spite we would not be here. Same with the bank bailout in 2009.

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colechristensen 589 days ago
You can look at my posting history from the time, I was saying the same thing during the latter half of the lockdown
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svardilfari 589 days ago
That's survivorship bias and thus your comment is just an opinion and nothing more. During restrictions covid vaccines were rapidly handed out and improved upon - this undoubtedly halted the spread of a virus that ultimately killed 1,212,000 people. So please go ask those peoples family and those people themselves if 'everyone was fine'
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romwell 589 days ago
>Democrats insisted on COVID restrictions that were more like religion than science and then they just stopped and everyone was fine.

You... You missed out on the whole vaccines part here. Amazing.

>What would have changed if the restrictions were 6 or 12 months shorter?

Everyone would get hit with COVID before vaccines became available.

The healthcare systems were on the verge of collapse as it was; this would ensure the collapse and mass deaths (and long term disabilities for many others).

>Nothing

The confidence with which you're saying nonsense based on absolutely nothing is admirable, but the bullshit you're spouting isn't.

Next time, don't ask questions if your answer is premade.

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