{"id":240415,"date":"2021-05-02T01:49:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T22:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-lockdowns-cost-jobs-dont-appear-to-have-saved-lives\/"},"modified":"2021-05-02T01:49:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T22:49:59","slug":"covid-lockdowns-cost-jobs-dont-appear-to-have-saved-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-lockdowns-cost-jobs-dont-appear-to-have-saved-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID lockdowns cost jobs, don’t appear to have saved lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#COVID lockdowns cost jobs, don’t app<\/a>ear to have saved lives<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve locked down the economy instead of the virus.<\/p>\n

Jobs are recovering slower in New York and other states holding on to stringent COVID-19 restrictions than in states that fully reopened their economies, even though continued lockdown measures don\u2019t appear to be saving lives, an ongoing study by WalletHub shows.<\/p>\n

Measures like limiting travel<\/a>, keeping restaurants operating below capacity and leaving non-essential businesses closed have kept unemployment in New York State among the highest in the nation, while states with fewer restrictions are seeing jobs bounce back faster from the pandemic-induced recession, the study shows.<\/p>\n

Tragically, the data also suggests lockdowns didn\u2019t do much to help save lives throughout the pandemic, while it\u2019s clear that they sent millions to the unemployment line.<\/p>\n

WalletHub started ranking states\u2019 lockdowns in May 2020, using a formula that assigns a numerical value to mask mandates, large-gathering limits, school closings, \u201cshelter in place\u201d requirements and other measures put in place to try to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The rankings did not account for things like population density, the close quarters in urban households or use of public transportation, all of which play a role in virus transmission. <\/p>\n

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A shuttered business in New York City, where COVID restrictions led to high job losses.<\/figcaption>
William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the beginning of the pandemic, with the metro area besieged by the virus, WalletHub scored New Jersey\u2019s lockdown measures the strictest in the country, followed closely by New York.<\/p>\n

On the other end of the rankings, South Dakota, which imposed almost no restrictions, sat on top of the openness ranking, with Utah second.<\/p>\n

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People gather to celebrate Easter at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Charleston, South Carolina. The state ranked among the least restrictive.<\/figcaption>
Daniel Slim\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the course of the year, states imposed and eased a variety of restrictions in response to the level of virus cases and COVID-19 deaths. Where lockdowns were lifted, unemployment fell, but the restrictions didn\u2019t seem to nudge death rates. <\/p>\n

By March 8, 2021, for example, New Jersey had recorded 2,656 deaths per 1 million residents, while New York had 2,500 per 1 million residents, according to the Covid Tracking Project. South Dakota had 2,149 deaths per 1 million residents, but loose-rules Utah had just 617. <\/p>\n

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A new study shows that the states with the toughest COVID restrictions have some of the highest unemployment rates, but differences in death rates aren\u2019t discernible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Data collected by moving companies showed that states with tougher COVID restrictions and corresponding high unemployment saw more people move away, while loose-rule states with low unemployment saw more people arrive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The study found little correlation at all between the strictness of lockdown measures and death rates.<\/p>\n

In WalletHub\u2019s latest calculations from early April, 13 states \u2014 including New York, New Jersey and California \u2014 plus Washington D.C., still had tight restrictions in place, but were also seeing relatively high death rates.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 12 states had tight restrictions and low death rates.<\/p>\n

Of states with fewer restrictions, 12, including Florida and Texas, had death rates comparable to New York and New Jersey. Meanwhile, 13 states, including Connecticut had both few restrictions and low death rates.<\/p>\n

Over the last year, the strictest lockdown states had an average 1,423 COVID-19 deaths per million people, while the lockdown-light states saw nearly-equal average mortality of 1,449 per million people. <\/p>\n

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New York ranked second in unemployment through March.<\/figcaption>
Andrew Lichtenstein\/Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denis Nash, an epidemiologist at the CUNY School of Public Health, said the side-by-side comparisons don\u2019t capture all the relevant information that go into evaluating whether lockdowns were effective. <\/p>\n

States put lockdown measures in place at different times, or avoided interventions because they were seeing different scenarios play out, he noted. Some shut down with little sign of the virus, while New York had a raging epidemic underway by the time lockdown was imposed.<\/p>\n

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Arizona, though March, had been 19th most strict and was 15th in unemployment.<\/figcaption>
Michael Gonzales\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhat if New York didn\u2019t lock down last March?\u201d he asked. \u201cWe would have seen many many more deaths over a rapid period.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cContext matters,\u201d Nash said.<\/p>\n

The data comparing ongoing restrictions and lingering unemployment shows a much clearer relationship.<\/p>\n

New York, ranked fifth for its still-tough restrictions, had the second highest unemployment rate in the nation in March. <\/p>\n

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A job center in California, which ranked second in most strict restrictions in the country.<\/figcaption>
Damian Dovarganes, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Connecticut, 11th on the restrictions ranking, was tied for third-worst unemployment with California, ranked second for restrictions, and New Mexico, which ranked seventh for its lockdown measures. <\/p>\n

New Jersey was fourth on the list of still-strict prevention measures, and had the eighth-highest unemployment.<\/p>\n

WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez conceded that the states with the highest unemployment now were also topping the charts before the pandemic. But, she said, it\u2019s also clear some states have bounced back to a better position than they were in before the lockdowns. Some Midwestern states, \u201chave actually seen a little bit of an unemployment decrease,\u201d compared to pre-pandemic, she said.<\/p>\n

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Fans sit among the cut outs as they watch warm-ups between the New Jersey Devils and the New York Islanders at Prudential Center.<\/figcaption>
Elsa\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, states that imposed severe lockdowns were also the ones that saw the greatest exodus of residents in 2020, according to an annual study from United Van Lines. States that moved quickest to reduce or eliminate lockdowns are also among the top destinations for movers.<\/p>\n

The study on state migration found the top states to move away from were New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Connecticut and California, all high-restriction states.<\/p>\n

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Florida has had fewer restrictions on opening businesses than New York.<\/figcaption>
Matias J. Ocner\/Miami Herald via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The top states to move into were Idaho, South Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota and Arizona \u2013 all except for Oregon categorized as low restriction states by WalletHub.
Ironically, the state with the highest percentage of inbound residents was Vermont, which as of April 6 had the tightest COVID-19 restrictions still in place.\n <\/div>\n

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