So asks Dr. Aaron Kheriaty in this piece on the Brownstone Institute’s website.
He looks specifically at California, which has gone further than any other state (and may go further still) in “protecting” everyone from Covid.
Nothing better illustrates the difference between true liberals (i.e., people who believe in allowing individuals to act without coercion) and the statists who want to exert the maximum of control over society, which satisfies their authoritarian urges and also gives them access to lots of tax dollars, than the reaction to Covid. The latter have used it as the excuse for an astounding grab for power while declaring that everything they wanted was based on science.