Hinderaker once again tells demonstrable lies about public health. In most jurisdictions, this is a civil offense. But in some, it is a… crime.

When will the powers take notice? We shall see.

Original Dateline — 12.28.2020: Here now — Mr. Hinderaker, let us reason together, with some actual… science. Not mythical opinion pieces built on a single physician’s… Canadian anecdotes.

The proof is pretty clear from CDC that stay at home orders do mitigate the effect of subsequent surges.

“…Although the “distancing” produced by the mandated business closures and by the restrictions on nonessential out-of-home activities slowed the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the analysis also suggests that business closures played a disproportionately larger role in reducing the positivity rate. This finding can inform the debate over the tradeoffs faced in the development of anticontagion policies and may affect calculations of the net economic cost of those policies (19). The economic disruptions resulting from the mandated business closures, which included a historic increase in
the number of people out of work, may be very damaging (20,21). At the same time, those closures led to a considerable decrease in the positivity rate, resulting in fewer serious illnesses (and fatalities) and potentially large reductions in health care costs….”

Let us at least use real data, John. You are better than this implies. Or, you once were.

Geez.