Did Saving Lives With COVID Shutdowns Destroy Economies? The Data Is Telling.
(WorldNews Europe)

Another wave of COVID-19, complete with new and more contagious variant strands, has once again pushed many countries into lockdowns aimed at containing the spread of the virus and reducing the load on the healthcare system. Though necessary for public health, these measures come with great costs and consequences; as in the first great lockdown, they are stress-testing the socio-economic structure, especially small businesses in retails and services and indigent households. This time around, however, the support for these measures is less generalized. While during the first wave, political approval rates closely mirrored governments’ capacity to contain the diffusion of contagion, the...