In early 2020, as the nation was starting to panic over Covid-19, we heard over and over from politicians that the way to combat the spread of the virus was to lock everything down as much as possible. We were told that the scientific consensus was that lockdowns would work, and if you suggested otherwise, you were anti-science.
In this Brownstone Institute article, Professor Edward Stringham points out that there never was any such scientific consensus. In fact, some 800 scientists signed a letter against the lockdown policy. Of course, they were ignored, as the likes of Anthony Fauci had their minds made up and couldn’t be bothered with counterarguments.
This is the way with statists — they are so eager to expand the scope of government power that they have no use for debate to clarify the issues and explore the trade-offs.