In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
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Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#2AIER seems to be a Conservative/Libertarian think tank that's anti-climate science, among other stances, including anti-lockdown (what this article is about).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Institute_for_Economi...
Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#3Is this not just political polemic?
Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#4AIER seems to be a Conservative/Libertarian think tank that's anti-climate science, among other stances, including anti-lockdown (what this article is about). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Institute_for_Economi...
Please refrain from ad hominem attacks
Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#5> The American Institute for Economic Research educates people on the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government, and sound money
Saved some of you a click hopefully
Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#6AIER seems to be a Conservative/Libertarian think tank that's anti-climate science, among other stances, including anti-lockdown (what this article is about). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Institute_for_Economi...
Does the fact that somebody opposes something mean that, prima facie, that position must be wrong?
Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#7Besides the economic harm and potential developmental harm induced by closing schools for kids, I think lockdowns did incalculable social harm to society. It gave huge swaths of the population a grudge against the system, a chip on their shoulder that won't go away anytime soon. It burned up goodwill and trust for experts and politicians (who generally didn't have much to spare in the first place.) And coupling this with social isolation at the same time made a lot of people become frayed around the edges if not outright insane.
Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#8Besides the economic harm and potential developmental harm induced by closing schools for kids, I think lockdowns did incalculable social harm to society. It gave huge swaths of the population a grudge against the system, a chip on their shoulder that won't go away anytime soon. It burned up goodwill and trust for experts and politicians (who generally didn't have much to spare in the first place.) And coupling this…
The biggest harm came from the government grift and 30-40% inflation that came from all the printed money
Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#9AIER seems to be a Conservative/Libertarian think tank that's anti-climate science, among other stances, including anti-lockdown (what this article is about). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Institute_for_Economi...
Does the fact that somebody opposes something mean that, prima facie, that position must be wrong?
No, but given limited time, it makes sense to evaluate whether a source is (edit: heavily) biased or a crackpot before spending attention on them.
Re: In the Asian Flu of 1957-58, they rejected lockdowns (2021)
#10> The American Institute for Economic Research educates people on the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government, and sound money Saved some of you a click hopefully
Are any of those things bad by themself or in combination?