As many have suspected for weeks
The governments ridiculous policies have not only done nothing to prevent covid but have also crippled the economy with more deaths coming due to issues such as poverty + mental illness (economy is going to kill more Canadians than Covid ever does or even would have)
The actual lockdown came too late and was far too severe based on what the covid threat actually would have been if left unchecked
https://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/bey...sperity-an-open-letter-to-the-prime-minister/
As numerous experts, including those at MLI, have been arguing from the outset, the alleged choice we face is not just a stark one, but a deeply misleading and false one. The lockdown was likely necessary, given the position Canada was in, and was justified because it served two purposes. First, to “flatten the curve,” thus spreading over time the number of cases of inevitable illness so they would not overwhelm the health care system. Second, the lockdown was to buy us time to build sufficient testing and protective capacity to allow us to return to something like “normal” at the earliest possible moment.
What seems clear by now is that the lockdown did contribute to flattening the curve, but the measures employed were disproportionate to the objective. Moreover, flattening the curve was not without significant cost to our well-being, whether from the health or the economic point of view.
The governments ridiculous policies have not only done nothing to prevent covid but have also crippled the economy with more deaths coming due to issues such as poverty + mental illness (economy is going to kill more Canadians than Covid ever does or even would have)
The actual lockdown came too late and was far too severe based on what the covid threat actually would have been if left unchecked
https://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/bey...sperity-an-open-letter-to-the-prime-minister/
As numerous experts, including those at MLI, have been arguing from the outset, the alleged choice we face is not just a stark one, but a deeply misleading and false one. The lockdown was likely necessary, given the position Canada was in, and was justified because it served two purposes. First, to “flatten the curve,” thus spreading over time the number of cases of inevitable illness so they would not overwhelm the health care system. Second, the lockdown was to buy us time to build sufficient testing and protective capacity to allow us to return to something like “normal” at the earliest possible moment.
What seems clear by now is that the lockdown did contribute to flattening the curve, but the measures employed were disproportionate to the objective. Moreover, flattening the curve was not without significant cost to our well-being, whether from the health or the economic point of view.
