not a single study had ever been undertaken to measure their efficacy in stopping a pandemic. When you got right down to it, lockdowns were little more than a giant experiment.

The "there is no evidence" => "this is not true" is rapidly becoming one of my most rage-inducing things science writers use to mislead the public, and it is everywhere

In addition, he felt that the worst thing officials could do was overreact, which could create a panic.

lol, not even close. The worst thing they could do is lie about the virus' non-existence, convince people to take dewormers instead of vaccines, and demonize masks so severely people won't even wear them to filter smoke from forest fires.

That's as far as I could get. We don't have enough emotes (which is saying a lot) to carry on