The Cost of COVID Response

The response to COVID may have been more destructive than the virus. While we were told

the only way was total lockdown, top scientists from Harvard and Stanford proposed a different

plan: "Focused Protection." The idea was simple: shield the most vulnerable, but don't destroy

society. Don't close businesses, and definitely don't close schools. But this idea was

actively shut down. The result? 400,000 non-COVID "excess deaths" in America from

things like overdoses and delayed medical care. The cost to kids? Experts now call

the school closures the most damaging disruption in American education history.