Covid: The War We Never Fought - Consumer Surplus

Very enjoyable if only as a swift review of all the Covid gainsayers

“Some of these people are just cranks, but the government often acted as if it agreed with them.” https://sambowman.substack.com/p/covid-the-war-we-never-fought

During the summer, it made a series of decisions that looked foolish at the time and now look absolutely catastrophic. 
It allowed mass travel for summer holidays, and it seems very likely that travellers returning from Spain brought more Covid home with them.

It subsidised people to go to restaurants, which a study this week suggested may have increased cases by 8-17%, based on comparisons of areas with rain during the scheme with similar areas without. 

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