{"id":416083,"date":"2022-03-14T00:55:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lives-lost-in-tragic-fire\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T00:55:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:55:32","slug":"lives-lost-in-tragic-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lives-lost-in-tragic-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"#lives lost in tragic fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e73ecc3d06\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e73ecc3d06\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lives-lost-in-tragic-fire\/#%E2%80%9Clives_lost_in_tragic_fire%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;lives lost in tragic fire&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9Clives_lost_in_tragic_fire%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;lives lost in tragic fire&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It turns out that extreme anti-COVID measures have a real, and deadly, cost. Such as the 17 lives lost (eight of them children) along with dozens injured in the January fire at the Twin Parks North West building in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the fire inspectors\u2019 union now says  that building\u2019s inspection was delayed because its inspector was reassigned to check restaurants\u2019 COVID compliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s 17 dead, to satisfy the witless demands of the de Blasio-imposed public health regime that did nothing for public health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, nothing: These rules had no effect on the city\u2019s COVID outcomes during Omicron, Delta or at any other time. Cases surged, fell, and surged again at a complete disconnect from policy changes.<strong> <\/strong>And a glance out of state shows that Florida, with far fewer restrictions, saw a fatality rate during the Omicron peak <em>lower <\/em>than New York\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But all this theater had at least one measurable effect: It took 90 city fire inspectors, a fifth of the full force,<strong> <\/strong>away from their regular duties to make sure restaurants were checking vaccine cards and distributing masks.\u00a0And so no inspector flagged the faulty fire doors at Twin Parks North West, which <em>should<\/em> have limited the deaths from flames and smoke.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/newspress-collage-21496441-1647037868445.png?w=1024\" alt=\"COVID fire\" class=\"wp-image-21502337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/newspress-collage-21496441-1647037868445.png?w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/newspress-collage-21496441-1647037868445.png 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/newspress-collage-21496441-1647037868445.png?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Measures taken against COVID-19 delayed a building\u2019s inspection.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>COVID restrictionism has had other costs: businesses ruined, jobs destroyed; years of learning loss for our youngest students, possibly irrecoverably.<\/p>\n<p>Remember<em> that <\/em>the next time an elected insists \u201cIt\u2019s worth it if saves one life\u201d without admitting that wasting resources on useless interventions has a terrible cost of its own.\u00a0\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Such as the 17 lives lost (eight of them children) along with dozens injured in the January fire at the Twin Parks North West building in the Bronx. 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