The US state with the fastest growing covid-19 caseload is a state that has experienced some of the harshest and longest lockdowns and covid restrictions: Michigan.
In other words, if Whitmer were using the same metrics she was using to justify lockdowns in the past, she absolutely would be imposing very strict lockdowns now.
In spite of the clear upward trend in cases, Whitmer is resisting calls from the Biden administration and the CDC to force yet another stay-at-home order on the people of Michigan.
For Whitmer and the lockdown enthusiasts, lockdowns were synonymous with successful control of the disease, pure and simple.
So why has she changed her tune? The fact is, public attitudes about covid are rapidly changing, and Whitmer wants to stay in office.
Among the more committed government officials, like Fauci, the story remains unchanged: it is gospel that lockdowns reduce covid cases and covid deaths.
It's easy to see this data and come away with a very plausible conclusion: lockdowns and covid deaths aren't actually correlated very much at all.
https://mises.org/wire/not-even-gretchen-whitmer-wants-more-cdcs-lockdowns
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