Just a few days before Joe Biden is set to take the Oath of Office as the 46th President of the United States, a new study out from Stanford University claims, after nearly a year of crippling COVID lockdowns that have devastated global economy and bankrupted untold numbers of businesses both large and small, that new data shows forced shutdowns don’t help any more than voluntary measures.
Meanwhile, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot say restaurants, bars and other businesses must immediately reopen. You know, to save the economy.
If that makes you want to throw your phone across the room, just hang with me here. Because it gets worse.