Just to keep track of the nonsense that has wrecked our economy and generally made our politicians run around as if their fool heads were on fire, each day I publish the corona virus total death toll in the US based upon the latest data I can find. A single death is an immense tragedy if you love the person. However, we are not talking about love, but rather public policy, which should always involve a sober analysis of risk and cost. Please recall that in a bad normal flu year our death toll in the US can be as high as 90,000.
Note: this will be a total death toll since the beginning of this bad farce, and not a daily toll. As of the beginning of May 5 the death toll is 69,925. May the Perpetual Light shine upon them.
Perhaps a “collateral damage death count” is warranted?
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https://spectator.org/the-unintended-consequences-of-covid-19-lockdowns/
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Of course, the above article doesn’t mention those pushed to starvation. If the predictions of the UN are accurate (and we hope they are not) deaths of the impoverished will be in the millions.
Collateral damage: public employee lay-offs and nonpayment of public pensions.
They don’t know where money comes from. Trump can print it. Leftist governors can’t.
Don’t let them rip us off for their unnecessary economic/fiscal suicides; which BTW have been developing for 50 years.
They’ve had us closed and out of work for eight weeks and it ain’t working.
More collateral damage: cancer patients are not being treated. Evidence: a Big Pharma corporation reports lower revenues based on decreased sales of its banner cancer med. Is it due to closures or patients terrified to go to the clinic/hospital?
Although I do not doubt many fear going to the doctor (I was concerned enough to cancel an appointment with my primary six weeks ago), government edict that has cancelled cancer screening services and some treatments.
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The above article I reference notes that, but I have seen other articles in the papers, and I have a friend who works with cancer patients. Things are not moving rather slowly right now.
Oops, that should read: “Things are moving rather slowly right now.”