The Verdict on Lockdowns: High Cost, Minimal Benefits

The Verdict on Lockdowns: High Cost, Minimal Benefits: link

• What were the benefits and costs of the COVID-19 restrictions implemented over the last two years? 

"It’s a good time to ask that question, especially now that the masks are coming off and the lockdowns are canceled.
...The three economists used clear metrics to measure and compare the effects of widely different policies followed in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

• ...Economically, Rocky Mountain and Great Plains states with relatively few restrictions come out best — Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Utah, Idaho, and Arizona.
• ...At the bottom were tightly locked-down Hawaii and densely populated and high-lockdown New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, and Illinois. Clearly, lockdowns had high economic costs.

Did they have corresponding benefits? 

Not so much...Read all.