Throughout the course of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, political leaders and medical experts have implemented restrictive lockdowns, upending nations’ economies and people’s lives.
New Yorkers declared their independence from COVID-19 lockdowns on Sunday by heading to beaches, parks and prime spots for watching fireworks — free of the fear, social distancing and masks that wrecked last year’s July Fourth.
Australia is not in lockdown, nearly half of its population hasn’t received the vaccine or wouldn’t take it at all, yet the country has reported no deaths from COVID in all of 2021.
When the inevitable analyses of actions taken during the pandemic to mitigate the coronavirus infection are written, they will not be able to ignore the human cost of forcibly keeping us apart due to the mad-scientist social experiment we called a “lockdown.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom promised to surrender his emergency powers to govern under a public health emergency by June 15. But yesterday during a vaccine lottery event, Newsom claimed it wasn’t the time to surrender any of his powers, claiming “uncertainty in the future” is reason enough for him to maintain his power to enforce mask mandates and business restrictions.