Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Bubble Man asserts the superiority of California’s (and other states’) lockdown approach to the pandemic. Is he right that states with looser restrictions were an “experiment in human sacrifice”? As Seamus contests, not exactly.
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CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone & Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
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LINKS:
— Experiments in Human Sacrifice —
theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/why-georgia-reopening-coronavirus-pandemic/610882
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/human-sacrifice-ritual-mass-vaccination/621355
saw.americananthro.org/pub/human-sacrifices-not-heroes-us-essential-workers/release/1
ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/americas-chilling-experiment-in-human-sacrifice
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-unique-threat-south-young-people/609241
— Lockdown Efficacy —
aier.org/article/lockdowns-do-not-control-the-coronavirus-the-evidence/?fbclid=IwAR0MybXfTTNJAqnXoK-VREYaVZ11v7LdM6Br8bjmyfyWP68QccEogJ0heNw
independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1572
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3764553
nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2405-7
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00779954.2020.1844786
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3607803
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.604339/full
https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf
— Different State Responses —
fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-coronavirus-isnt-just-a-blue-state-problem
blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/urban-density-not-enemy-coronavirus-fight-evidence-china
latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-22/states-without-coronavirus-stay-at-home-order
fee.org/articles/blue-states-have-been-hit-much-harder-by-covid-19-why
economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/05/22/covid-19-is-hitting-democratic-states-harder-than-republican-ones
fee.org/articles/texas-has-fewer-covid-cases-than-michigan-despite-nearly-20m-more-people-and-no-restrictions
— Reliable Data —
worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us
On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Bubble Man asserts the superiority of California’s (and other states’) lockdown approach to the pandemic. Is he right that states with looser restrictions were an “experiment in human sacrifice”? As Seamus contests, not exactly.
______________________________
CREDITS:
Written by Sean W. Malone & Seamus Coughlin
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
______________________________
LINKS:
— Experiments in Human Sacrifice —
theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/why-georgia-reopening-coronavirus-pandemic/610882
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/human-sacrifice-ritual-mass-vaccination/621355
saw.americananthro.org/pub/human-sacrifices-not-heroes-us-essential-workers/release/1
ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/americas-chilling-experiment-in-human-sacrifice
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-unique-threat-south-young-people/609241
— Lockdown Efficacy —
aier.org/article/lockdowns-do-not-control-the-coronavirus-the-evidence/?fbclid=IwAR0MybXfTTNJAqnXoK-VREYaVZ11v7LdM6Br8bjmyfyWP68QccEogJ0heNw
independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1572
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3764553
nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2405-7
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00779954.2020.1844786
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3607803
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.604339/full
https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf
— Different State Responses —
fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-coronavirus-isnt-just-a-blue-state-problem
blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/urban-density-not-enemy-coronavirus-fight-evidence-china
latimes.com/politics/story/2020-04-22/states-without-coronavirus-stay-at-home-order
fee.org/articles/blue-states-have-been-hit-much-harder-by-covid-19-why
economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/05/22/covid-19-is-hitting-democratic-states-harder-than-republican-ones
fee.org/articles/texas-has-fewer-covid-cases-than-michigan-despite-nearly-20m-more-people-and-no-restrictions
— Reliable Data —
worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us
