Lockdowns don’t work and shouldn’t be reimposed on us

By Lethbridge Herald on September 3, 2022.

Editor:

An Aug. 24 letter to the editor supported COVID lockdowns based on the fact that the state of Florida, which opposed lockdowns, had a per capital COVID death rate three times higher than Canada as a whole. There are numerous examples that show otherwise.

 Quebec, which had by far the strictest lockdown rules in Canada, also had the highest per capita death rate of all the provinces, twice as high as Alberta’s. 

In the U.S., Florida which he refers to, had a death rate that was lower than 13 other states that did go the lockdown route. 

Texas, another state that was against lockdowns and restrictions, went so far as to make it illegal for businesses to require proof of vaccination to enter their businesses had a death rate lower than 28 other states. 

Globally, Sweden which was often criticized for not imposing lockdowns, had a death rate that was lower than 53 other countries, including other European countries such as Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and also Britain that did do lockdowns. 

Another thing to consider, which the media does not want to talk about, is all of the collateral damage that lockdowns created. Sharp increases in suicides, drug overdoses, family violence, businesses permanently closing or declaring bankruptcy, mental health problems, children falling behind in education and social development. 

Lockdowns did not work and should not be reimposed.

Jack Derksen

Coaldale