Do Stupid Things, See Stupid Results

You know the saying 'Do stupid things, win stupid prizes'?

We can amend this to 'Do stupid things, see stupid results' during this medical hysteria. 

You locked down, social distanced and masked civilians all without a shred of empirical evidence to back it up.

It's one thing to strongly encourage a society to do so but to mandate it based on the evidence is quite another.

And we're supposed to be such a 'scientifically and intellectually' advanced civilization.

All I saw was gross incompetence from people gripped by hysterical fear. 

When all is said and done, the best studies will show the measures did little if anything to flatten curves or stop spreads. And the end of the day, the virus will have dictated the terms despite our best - or worst- efforts.

In 'The Price of Panic' there were graphs for 14 states each with similar epidemiological curves. 4 of those states - Iowa, Arkansas, Georgia and Florida (who learned their lesson after the first lockdown. De Sanctis was courageous enough to pivot) - did not lockdown. Point? The virus doesn't care about your stupid measures. Politicians will claim they worked but unless they show PROOF they're talking out of their asses. 

One lockdown got a pass.

To impose a second was just plain stupidity and incompetence. Quebec, not satisfied with being stupid, added a curfew to it.

Canada at the moment is in a 'measures will remain in place indefinitely' posture.

I guess that puts us in a category below stupid. 

I wonder what will be the prize for that.