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The pandemic didn't shut it down, politicians and social consensus did. I said this at the start of lockdowns and distribution in excess to business, and I'll say it now.

It's a fine line between sacrificing the future "economy" to save lives now.

We will have to see if overall life loss is less or more due to the human interventions during covid mania.

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Full hospitals and collapsing health care would have not improved the economy. You point the downsides of lock downs without mentioning why were enacted.

When mothers die giving bird, car accidents become mortal, heart attacks are not treated because there are no beds in the hospital people tend to revolt. But because it did not happen you seem to argue that the remedy was not needed.

At least 6 million people died worldwide so far, including more than 1 million in the US. In what universe would letting even more people die improve the economy? Dead people don’t work or spend.

Well...I guess we'll see in a year or two how many people die from starvation, depression/suicide, or are kicked out and living on the streets due to the collapsing economy.

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