The numbers are in, and we can say it with certainty: Lockdowns were worse than useless | Washington Examiner

The numbers are in, and we can say it with certainty: Lockdowns were worse than useless | Washington Examiner - by Dan Hannan, Contributor

"It was all for nothing. Really, for nothing. 

• The miseries we inflicted on ourselves after March 2020 — the school closures, the ruined businesses, the debts, the authoritarianism — were caused by a moment of lightheaded panic.

How can I be so sure? 

Because, three-and-a-half years on, the results are in. 

And, let me warn you, they make dismal reading for anyone who went along with the lockdowns. 

You see, there was a counterfactual all along. 

• Sweden did not impose mask mandates or stay-at-home orders. It did not close its borders or its businesses...