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30 to 50 percent of heart attack patients did not receive treatment.  85 percent of live organ transplants were not performed.  "We have been uniquely willing to sacrifice our children out of fear for adults," said  Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] and former [[White House]] covid advisor.

30 to 50 percent of heart attack patients did not receive treatment.  85 percent of live organ transplants were not performed.  "We have been uniquely willing to sacrifice our children out of fear for adults," said  Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] and former [[White House]] covid advisor.

While many of the worse shutdown orders have been by [[Democrat]] governors (most notoriously including New York's [[Andrew Cuomo]] and Michigan's [[Gretchen Whitmer]]), [[Texas]] [[Republican]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]] has prohibited much necessary medical care to its residents as part of his lockdown, despite largely empty hospitals.  Gov. Abbott, not really a [[conservative]], is posturing for a presidential run in 2024.

While many of the worse shutdown orders have been by [[Democrat]] governors (most notoriously including New York's [[Andrew Cuomo]] and Michigan's [[Gretchen Whitmer]]), [[Texas]] [[Republican]] Governor [[Greg Abbott]] has prohibited much necessary medical care to its residents as part of his lockdown, despite largely empty hospitals.  Gov. Abbott, not really a [[conservative]], is posturing for a presidential run in 2024.

“In March [2020] the Government was very worried about compliance and they thought people wouldn’t want to be locked down,” one SPI-B member told Dodsworth. “There were discussions about fear being needed to encourage compliance, and decisions were made about how to ramp up the fear. The way we have used fear is dystopian.”<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/british-scientists-say-that-totalitarian-and-unethical-covid-19-response-used-fear-to-control-peoples-behavior/</ref>

“In March [2020] the Government was very worried about compliance and they thought people wouldn’t want to be locked down,” one SPI-B member told Dodsworth. “There were discussions about fear being needed to encourage compliance, and decisions were made about how to ramp up the fear. The way we have used fear is dystopian.”<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/british-scientists-say-that-totalitarian-and-unethical-covid-19-response-used-fear-to-control-peoples-behavior/</ref>

==Rand Corp. study report==

==RAND Corp. study report==

Researchers at the RAND Corporation and the University of Southern California discovered COVID-19 lockdowns caused more deaths instead of reducing them.  They looked at 43 countries and all 50 states in the United States and published their assessment as a working paper of the National Bureau for Economic Research.

Researchers at the RAND Corporation and the University of Southern California discovered COVID-19 lockdowns caused more deaths instead of reducing them.  They looked at 43 countries and all 50 states in the United States and published their assessment as a working paper of the National Bureau for Economic Research.