California proves lockdowns don't work
DON SUBER
The Daily Mail reported, "Hospitals in Southern California are so overrun by COVID-19 cases that doctors are running low on supplies of oxygen, infected patients are forced to wait eight hours in ambulances before they can enter an emergency room, and intensive care units are fully booked with no more beds available."
Under Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom, California has imposed the most draconian restrictions on American life since the days of King George III.
Newsom has closed churches and destroyed thousands of businesses -- sacrificing them at the altar of technocracy.
And it failed.
Miserably.
The Daily Mail reported, "The skyrocketing surge in covid 19 cases is raising suspicions among public health officials in Los Angeles County that a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus is fueling the outbreak.
"California's deadly Christmas was marked by pleas to avoid holiday gatherings outside the home and indoor church services in what could be a make-or-break effort to curb a coronavirus surge that already has filled some hospitals well beyond normal capacity."
The public health community is doubling down on stupid by calling for more lockdowns.
The restrictions did not work. If they did, the virus would be history.
The Daily Mail reported, "Doctors say California is currently experiencing a 'viral tsunami' with covid 19 cases surging by a staggering 68% in the past two weeks alone and ICU beds now at capacity in the southern part of the state.
"California surpassed 2 million recorded cases of the deadly virus earlier this week, but experts predict that number will rapidly rise as residents gather to celebrate Christmas and New Year."
More likely, the numbers will rise because January is colder than December.
Instead of trying to prevent the virus, public health officials should have tried to manage it.
Shutting down the state all summer and fall, health officials should have let the state re-open and braced for winter because the virus is seasonal. Being inactive and cooped up for long periods of time is unhealthy both mentally and physically.
We fought an American revolution amid a smallpox epidemic that killed one-third of those infected. The story of Valley Forge was the American army holing up for the winter to acquire herd immunity. There were no alternatives.
The cost was very high. The death toll was enormous. Indeed, for every soldier killed in battle, 3 died from disease. But they soldiered on.
This virus kills 1 in 1,000 people infected.
It is well past time to soldier on, America. |
