Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nLiberals call for Covid Amnesty. They say Conservatives should forgive
Liberals for all the bad things resulting from government’s response to
Covid. They say none of those bad things are Liberals’ fault because
They Didn’t Know.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNonsense. We knew when the Diamond Princess docked in February 2020
that Covid afflicted mostly old people with existing co-morbidities. We
knew the death rate was 2% of those affected while the death rate of the
entire cruise ship population was 14 out of 3711 or .3%. And that’s
using the phony numbers from counting all respiratory illness deaths as
Covid deaths. Covid was never a threat to the population at large – it
was never more than a bad flu – and we knew it early on, which is why we
learned to elbow bump and wash our hands while singing the alphabet song.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYes, but Liberals were forced to impose lockdowns, mask mandates and
school closings because all the best scientists said so. If there were
alternatives, They Didn’t Know.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNonsense. The Great Barrington Declaration was signed in October 2020
by some of the worlds leading experts in epidemiology to codify in a
simple statement what medical and statistical experts had been saying
since the panic began. Lockdowns, mask mandates, and school closings
were never the correct way to respond to the outbreak – traditional
responses were the correct way – and we knew it within a few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYes, but those people were outliers, malcontents, reactionaries and
nay-sayers. Liberals were forced to rely on government bureaucrats and
computer models because Liberals had no other source of information.
Liberals were left with no choice but to implement lockdowns, mask
mandates and school closings to avoid the looming surge of infections
and resulting hospital overloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNonsense. Governor Walz announced his lockdown based on computer
modeling that was proven wrong within two months. There was no surge
and hospitals were not overloaded but instead laid off staff for lack of
business, keeping beds open for Covid patients who never arrived. The
models were worthless and we knew it long before school resumed. Nurses
knew it too but danced in the hospital to prove how much smarter they
were than those of us watching. They had time to dance. They had no
patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYes, but lockdowns, mask mandates and school closings were necessary to
prevent the virus from spreading until we had a safe and effective
vaccine, which was not generally available to the public until after
President Biden took office. Liberals had no choice but to enact
temporary stopgap measures to keep the public safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNonsense. There was never any compelling evidence that lockdowns, mask
mandates or school closings prevented the virus from afflicting those it
targeted most – the elderly frail population – and considerable evidence
that warehousing sick elderly with healthy resulted in killing far more
of them. Controlling for age, existing illness, and quality of medical
care, there is very little difference in Covid mortality between states
like Minnesota (strict restrictions) and Florida (few restrictions).
There is substantial difference in economic difference and, I suspect,
in education outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe blogger Sundance writing at Conservative Treehouse coined the phrase
“pretending not to know” to explain why Liberals keep doing things which
Conservatives can plainly see are wrong, but never expect to be held
accountable for the consequences. That’s what’s happening with Covid
Amnesty. Liberals are pretending they didn’t know so they shouldn’t be
held to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThey knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And did it anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And we’re never going to forgive the damage they’ve done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, let’s talk about the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe Doakes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Forgiveness without atonement is meaningless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that’s what those asking for the “amnesty” are trying to sideslip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n