The COVID-19 pandemic

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K-W was clearly naughty over the holidays ...

Lockdowns don't work. And the more you lockdown, the worse it gets. Quebec and California are good examples.

Short hard lockdowns really work, especially if you don't have wishy washy going-to-work exceptions. Australia locked down for 3 months but you could go to work. NZ locked down between 26 March and 27 April at level 4 (max lockdown, truly essential work only) and from 28 April to 14 May at level 3 (mostly locked down). That's 7 weeks. Atlantic Canada is also a good example.

Quebec and California haven't actually been locked down.