An anniversary - 15 days to slow the spread

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One year ago today. From Jim Geraghty writing at National Review:

We Shut Down for Way More Than 15 Days — and Still Didn’t ‘Slow the Spread’
On Monday, March 16, 2020, the White House advised all Americans to avoid gathering in groups of more than ten and urged older people to stay at home in a set of new guidelines designed to fight the coronavirus outbreak, labeling the effort “15 Days to Slow the Spread.”

That set of restrictions later was summarized as “two weeks to flatten the curve,” a slogan that grew more bitterly ironic as the pandemic and its quarantine restrictions dragged on and on — now for more than a year. That call for a voluntary avoidance of large groups quickly morphed into far-reaching restrictions upon the most basic rights and normal activities of American citizens: Forty-three governors issued orders directing residents to stay at home and nonessential businesses to close.

But one year ago, our leaders in government and public health spoke as if we were entering a severe but short-lived irritation.

Remember the toilet paper shortages? Bad policy making and bad science - but, there was a silver lining.
It was a convenient crisis to use to hurt the Orange Man.

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