28 April

Seeing the same arguments here, that we need to 'balance' the apparently horrendous impact of lockdowns on the economy against public health. As if those economic impacts are just as bad for our health as a pandemic. As the experts in the article say, that's complete bullshit, they're not even in the same ballpark. (And in fact, it's been conclusively proven that our health actually *improves* in economic downturns.) It's part of the hugely powerful and sophisticated spin of modern conservative governments, governments now using their medical experts as human shields. It's the same strategy these governments use against climate change, saying that we need to 'balance' lunatic fringe views against the mainstream science. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/us/politics/fact-check-trump-coronavirus-recession.html