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Lockdowners are not heroes
This book has a preordained conclusion that has no evidence to back it up, namely that the lockdowns were a glorious triumph of public-health success, never mind the despair spread throughout the US and the world, the lost year of schooling, the economic catastrophe, the missed cancer screenings, the bankrupted industries, and the dearth of evidence to support the contention that lockdowns performed better than old-fashioned therapeutics.
The book is free of evidence, so much so that the author doesn't even bother with the science. It's listed as nonfiction but for anyone who has followed the actual science for 15 months, this book is fiction.
Only exception here is the preposterous 2006 origins of the lockdown idea. It's accurate here: these people were cranks then and cranks now. Shame on any filmmaker who would dare sell tickets to see this celebration of the most unenlightened idea to emerge from obscurity during our lifetimes..
Lockdown is a god that failed. This book, tragically, does its level best to sustain a dangerous myth.
May 2021 · Books