Lockdowns and Masks Didn’t Work and ‘Mistakes Were Made’ – Now the Scolds Want Forgiveness

On Halloween, Emily Oster wrote an article for the Atlantic about COVID mandates and the draconian lockdowns. The title of her piece was “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty.” She wants to be friends now. Kinda. Her article wasn’t just about mandates and lockdowns, it was her contrition that, gosh, her side might have been wrong. She asked that those who refused to be cowed (and who turned out to be right) should offer grace to the bullies. The absurd mandates, gaslighting and witch-hunting from elected politicians and non-elected bureaucrats might have been wrong but heck, ruining lives and wrecking the economy was all done in good faith. Sorry.Read More