Commentary
When COVID-19 hit two years ago, how many times did we hear California politicians say we must “follow the science”? Instead, they followed the politics. That’s what’s indicated in a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research: “A Final Report Card on the States’ Response to COVID-19.” The study was reviewed by noted Stanford professor of medicine Jay Bhattacharya.
It comes as America finally is moving beyond the pandemic and returning to normalcy, or at least trying to. Reported The Epoch Times this week, “Federal Judge Strikes Down CDC Mask Mandate for Planes, Travel.”
The study, by economists Phil Kerpen, et al., noted America’s federalist model allowed the states to adopt different responses: “States learned from one another over time about what policies worked most and least effectively in terms of containing the virus while minimizing the negative effects of lockdown strategies on businesses and children.”
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