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Lockdowns Versus Living
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Lockdowns Versus Living

By Jon Hersey

Apr 27, 2020
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The argument for lockdowns in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is that governments ought to enforce them because they decrease both infections and strain on health-care facilities and thus decrease overall deaths. If we had widespread testing, the argument goes, we could, perhaps, quarantine the sick and not interfere with anyone else’s freedom.1 But…

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