KNAPP: No, the politicians didn’t save us from COVID-19
Writing at Reason Magazine, Eric Boehm notes two trends revealed in data released by Apple and Foursquare. Trend One:Americans began reducing their outings and social interactions before, not because of, “shelter in place” orders issued by grandstanding, opportunistic politicians. Trend Two:Americans started coming back out and resuming something like normal life before, not because, those politicians started lifting those orders. In other words, with COVID-19 as with everything else, government policy is a trailing, rather than leading, indicator. Politicians don't start parades […]