LA Times Op-Ed: The Evidence Is Clear...The
Lockdowns Didn't Trash the Economy
Townhall,
by
Matt Vespa
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
5/21/2021 7:19:27 AM
Whoever wrote this is on bath salts. Is this for real? I mean I know media bubbles are dense, but this is something else. This is not even grounded in reality, folks Apparently, the COVID lockdowns didn’t trash the economy and it saved lives. Both are demonstrably false. That’s the hottest of hot takes regarding the virus. Dare I say, it may be worse than what Anthony Fauci has said about the vaccine and mask-wearing. It could rival that, maybe. The fact is that millions of jobs were lost, mental health issues spiked, our children weren’t learning, people did die, and the lockdowns didn’t do anything to stem that.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
seamusm 5/21/2021 7:30:41 AM (No. 792295)
Like a parent whose child just fell and got hurt. 'Its okay, its okay.' The need to reassure outweighs the need to tell the truth. But worse, the need to lie to everyone that it wasn't as bad as people have experienced (not imagined) is not just a malevolent perversion of the truth but necessary if our masters are to stay in power. A lie repeated loudly and often............
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/21/2021 7:40:25 AM (No. 792308)
DeSantis proved that, all things considered. all states would have been much better off staying open and asking sick people to isolate. We would not have lost a school year in an already dumbed-down population of children and small businesses would not have been lost by the thousands. The virus was nothing but a head and chest cold.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 5/21/2021 8:06:05 AM (No. 792336)
The evidence is clear, the modern MFM is simply a leftist propaganda organ.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mobyclik 5/21/2021 8:10:58 AM (No. 792340)
It's sad to say, but most of their readers will believe this...''They're an important newspaper, they wouldn't lie about something this big.''
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
padiva 5/21/2021 8:27:54 AM (No. 792354)
The article was written by Alice in Wonderland. /s
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A 'business writer' passing categorical empirical medical judgment is always good for a laugh.
Business writers pretend to be concerned with 'fundamentals' in stock prices and other arcane economic matters but they are usually the same vapid groupthinkers as the ones on the front page carrying the Democrats' ideological can.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
TCloud 5/21/2021 8:51:41 AM (No. 792387)
They owe their Souls to the Company Store!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
petrichor 5/21/2021 8:56:11 AM (No. 792395)
Absurd! How can rational people believe this?! Are there any on the left?
6 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 5/21/2021 8:57:42 AM (No. 792397)
This must be a ghost writer for Joe Biden it's so off the rails.
5 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
kathleentexas 5/21/2021 9:17:19 AM (No. 792422)
This is awesome news! I can't wait to share with my neighbors on either side. Both have been severely underemployed since covid destroyed their livelihoods. But i am sure all is fine and those stimulus payments kept them from getting behind on mortgage. I just hope I get a chance to share this good news before their homes are repossessed.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
red1066 5/21/2021 9:26:41 AM (No. 792437)
I read the headline and I'm still laughing fifteen minutes later. I mean it's so stupid.
4 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 5/21/2021 9:30:16 AM (No. 792440)
Tell that to the 60 million people that lost their jobs. Tell that to the thousands of business owners that had to close their doors permanently. There are people out there that will tell you what you see, what to think, what to believe, and what to do, and all the while lie through their teeth while doing it. What's really sad is half the people out there have accepted it without question.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Kate318 5/21/2021 9:33:03 AM (No. 792444)
Those who lost their business and livelihood due to Covid-19 “mitigation policies” could not be reached for comment.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/21/2021 9:37:27 AM (No. 792452)
I agree with Vespa. I'd forgotten all about the bath salts craze a few years back. Then there were the Tide pods. Even taking into consideration it was the LA Times saying it, that is one stupid assumption. A dear friend and Calif. native* is looking for a place to move to in the central south. I always thought it would take the San Andreas opening up to get him out of the once golden state. (*This guy is way to the right of me and Trump!)
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Ribicon 5/21/2021 9:53:12 AM (No. 792478)
Maybe they're macrodosing on LSD at the LA Times. Groovy, there are rainbows everywhere we look!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 5/21/2021 9:59:58 AM (No. 792484)
Lefties aren’t known for their common sense. Case in point right here.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/21/2021 11:03:52 AM (No. 792523)
The lockdowns destroyed many private businesses, and many will not be back. This is what the left wanted, and could have done no other way. It is easy for the left to mandate their policies through a small number of major corporations. On the positive side, many people have been forced to do things they should have done before.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
DVC 5/21/2021 11:14:26 AM (No. 792540)
It's propaganda. Intentional lies. They aren't "crazy". They aren't "stupid". They are evil.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Nimby 5/21/2021 11:15:12 AM (No. 792543)
BLM and Antifa did?
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...and the moon is made of cheese.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
joew9 5/21/2021 12:15:18 PM (No. 792615)
This is what they always do. When it's middle America that suffers they claim it's not happening. But one government worker loses a job and it's panic city DC.
The left does not care about the people that lost their jobs to H1-Bs. Or to illegal immigrants. And now they don't care about the loss of jobs to the tens of millions because of the senseless lockdowns. They only care about their rich Wall Street friends maximizing their profits.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
KTWO 5/21/2021 12:17:07 PM (No. 792622)
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Noj15 5/21/2021 12:18:53 PM (No. 792626)
Gaslight alert! Over 1,000 restaurants in California are gone forever.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/21/2021 3:24:52 PM (No. 792821)
Tell that to ALL the businesses that went BROKE!
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Whoever wrote that for the LAT is even more deranged than Dementia Joe!!